Phonetic: yoo-TRO-kee-um fist-yoo-LOW-sum
Previously known as: Eupatorium Fistulosum
Hollow Joe Pye Weed does have a mostly hollow central stem and is the largest of the Joe-Pye weeds, making for easy identification. The plant has one simple erect stem, which is green with purple dots or longitudinal dashes and can grow over six feet tall. The upper stems are reddish or purplish. Hollow Joe Pye Weed can tolerate many soil types. The flowers are visited by honeybees, bumblebees, and other long-tongued bees. Butterflies, skippers, moths also visit the flowers. Mammals typically steer away from this plant due to its bitter taste but will consume it if nothing else is available. It is a larval host to the Clymene moth, eupatorium borer moth, ruby tiger moth, and the three-lined flower moth.
- Hardiness Zones: 4-8
- Native Region: USDA Plant Database
- Sun Exposure: Full sun to partial shade
- Flower Color: Pink
- Bloom Time: July-Oct
- Soil Type: Medium moist to wet
- Mature Plant Size: 4-7' Height, 2-4' Width
- Plant Spacing: 4'
- Host Plant: Clymene Moth, Eupatorium Borer Moth, Ruby Tiger Moth, Three-lined Flower Moth
- Attracts: Bees, Birds, Butterflies
- Advantages: Mass plantings, Specimen, Fragrant
- Landscape Uses: Butterfly, Cottage, Pollinator, Rain Gardens
- Companion Plants: Coneflowers, Sneezeweed, Scarlet Bee Balm, Mountain Mint, Ironweeds
- Deer Resistant
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