Joe Pye Weed

Any permies have more information? We have a couple of these growing in our garden. This year we're going to try some wild seed harvesting, and since these thing are bee/butterfly magnets, it's at the top of the list. They stick out beautifully among all the other wildflowers; they have a really distinct look. This is about the most in-depth information I could find. If anyone has permaculture-specific uses, please let me know!

http://7song.com/blog/2012/01/the-eupatorium-story-joe-pye-weed-boneset-and-white-snakeroot-pt-1/

http://www.learn2grow.com/gardeningguides/wildflowersnatives/featuredplants/JoePyeWeed.aspx

This was a very good year for Joe Pye Weed in my area. I love them just cuz they're native and they're pretty insect magnets (as you say), but I've never used them for anything else. Couldn't find anything permaculture related.

"A good remedy for gravel in the gallbladder, dissolves stones, chronic urinary and kidney disorders, bed wetting, poor appetite, dropsy, neuralgia, rheumatism. Very soothing and will relax the nerves. Increases the flow of urine. Combined with uva ursi, marshmallow, blue cohosh, and lily root, good for female troubles, bladder and kidney infections, diabetes, and Bright’s disease.

Also used for headache, hysteria, impotence, indigestion, intermittent fever, sciatica, sore throat, urine retention, vomiting, asthma, chronic coughs, colds, typhus fever " http://medicinalherbinfo.org/herbs/JoePyeWeed.html

I have recently had Joe Pye Weed establish in my pollinator garden and I am rather impressed with its ability to attract pollinators.



I managed to have seed establish on poor rocky soil that has softwood mulch on top. It is a slow grower that flowers in mid-late summer. While it is tallish, it is not bushy quite yet. Mine is growing next to black eyed susans and yarrow without issue.

Hi, I highly recommend looking it up on PFAF.org (plants for a future) they collect all sorts of valuable information about ‘useful’ plants and have an extensive searchable database using all sorts of criteria. If you search it on there it will tell you many of the documented uses.