Joe-Pye weed

Joe-Pye weed 'Chocolate' is a unique moisture-loving perennial that will bring a beautiful contrast of dark leaves and light flowers to your garden. It naturally grows in the bright, moist forests of North America, so it will appreciate humus-rich, loamy soil with stable moisture. It thrives perfectly on the banks of garden ponds or in damper corners of the property. You will receive a grown seedling in a pot from us, which you just need to transplant into the sun or partial shade. In partial shade, the leaves will be rather bronze-green; in the sun, they will acquire a richer brown to bronze-red color. The plant grows to about one meter and forms pure white and pleasantly aromatic flowers. From summer to September, these attract bees and other pollinators. Florists use Joe-Pye weed for cutting into summer bouquets, where it stays fresh for many days. It also dries easily for winter decorations. Care is a breeze for any beginner. It avoids diseases and pests, and it survives the winter here without problems thanks to its frost resistance down to minus twenty-eight degrees.

Eupatorium 'Atropurpureum' is a stout and long-lived perennial that will bring a bold vertical element and plenty of life to your garden. In its native range on the damp meadows of North America, it forms dense stands, which is why even in the garden it will appreciate a sunny to semi-shady spot with nutritious, humous, and sufficiently moist soil, whether it is loamy or clayey. You will receive a beautifully grown potted seedling from us, which you just need to transplant to your chosen spot. Here, it will quickly form a massive clump of sturdy, dark red-purple stems that grow up to two meters tall and do not need support. During the summer, from July to September, huge flat inflorescences up to twenty-five centimeters in diameter open at their tops. These light purple to pink flowers emit a pleasant fragrance and act as a literal magnet for bees, butterflies, and other pollinators. It is a completely undemanding plant avoided by pests and diseases, and it easily survives even very severe frosts well below minus thirty degrees. Eupatorium works excellently as a striking solitary plant in the back of a flowerbed or near water features. If you like to decorate your home, you can also use its sturdy stems for cutting into summer bouquets. In the autumn, it pays off not to remove the faded inflorescences, because when covered with frost in the winter months, they create a magnificent spectacle in the flowerbed.