Sweet Joe Pye Weed Seeds – 100 Count

Southern Seeds was founded in 2019 by Ryan and Kim Dorn and became Seed Therapy in 2025. The family business moved its operations to the Dallas, Texas, area in 2023. Drawing on generations of growing experience, the team focuses on dependable seeds, personal customer service, and helping gardeners succeed. Its work includes relationships with American farms and seed donations to schools and community gardens.

Invite a cloud of butterflies to your garden with Sweet Joe Pye Weed. This magnificent North American native perennial is famed for its towering stems topped with huge, dome-shaped clusters of sweetly-scented, mauve-pink flowers. Blooming from mid-summer into fall, it provides a crucial late-season nectar source for a vast array of pollinators, especially butterflies. With its tall, stately presence, Sweet Joe Pye Weed is perfect for adding structure to the back of a border or for creating a beautiful, naturalized meadow planting.

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• Large, fluffy domes of vanilla-scented pink flowers are a joy for the senses.
• One of the absolute best plants for attracting a wide variety of butterflies.
• A tall, stately native plant that adds structure and height to the garden.
• A plant with a rich history of use in Native American herbal traditions.

• Plant Name: Sweet Joe Pye Weed (Eutrochium purpureum)
• Seed Quantity: Approx. 100 seeds
• Type: Heirloom, Non-GMO
• Lifecycle: Perennial
• Height: 4-7 feet
• USDA Zone: 3-8
• Origin: American Grown

Sold as seeds for planting. Select this packet by its variety, quantity, and growing requirements; it is not a live plant.

Country of origin: United States. The supplier identifies this product as American-grown.

• Stratification (Required): For spring planting, seeds require 60 days of cold, moist stratification in the refrigerator. Fall sowing is also excellent for a natural cold period.
• Sowing: After stratifying, start seeds indoors 8-10 weeks before the last frost.
• Depth: Plant seeds 1/4 inch deep.
• Germination: Keep soil moist at 60-70°F. Germination takes 14-28 days.
• Spacing: Transplant seedlings outdoors, spacing them 24-36 inches apart.
• Light Requirement: Full Sun to Partial Shade.

Keep unused seeds dry and cool in a clearly labeled, closed container. Protect the packet from humidity and temperature swings, and retain the variety name and sowing notes for your next planting. Use the species-specific directions below when deciding whether to start indoors, sow directly, soak seeds, or provide a cold period. Germination and growth vary with seed handling and local growing conditions.

For general seed-starting and storage guidance, see University of Minnesota Extension’s seed-starting guide. Use the variety-specific packet directions for this product.

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