Coastal Plain Joe-pye-weed
Eutrochium dubium
Pink and purple flowers from July into October, worked by common eastern bumble bees and brown-belted bumble bees. It grows wild in 30 of Virginia’s 133 counties.
- Light
- Part shade to full sun
- Soil
- Moist soil
- Size
- 4.5 ft to 6 ft tall, 3 ft wide
- Flowers
- Pink and purple, Jul to Oct
- Roots
- A clump of fibrous roots
- Kind
- Wildflower
At its grown size
in flower
What it feeds
- Caterpillars
- 40 kinds of caterpillars
- Bees
- 34 kinds of native bees
- On its flowers
- Common eastern bumble bee (Bombus impatiens), Brown-belted bumble bee (Bombus griseocollis), Tri-colored bumble bee (Bombus ternarius), Lemon cuckoo bumble bee (Bombus citrinus)
Grows well with
New England Aster
Dwarf Azalea
Swamp Azalea
Sweet Goldenrod
Wrinkle-leaf Goldenrod
Calico Aster
Narrowleaf Sunflower
Bluestem GoldenrodFacts from the Quercus record for Eutrochium dubium.