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Click name to see details: Echinacea ] Echium ] Elymus ] Erigeron ] Erodium ] Eryngium ] Eupatorium ] Euphorbia ]

Eupatorium

(Common Names: Knitbone, Joe Pie Weed) 

Tall imposing plants grown for their fine foliage and late summer / autumn heads of flower.  Grow in damp soils for tallest plants. In our experience they grow well in dry soils but don't get so tall, nor spread so fast.  Best with their heads in the sun. Slow to come through in Spring so be patient! 

One of the best late flowers for bees and butterflies.

Propagate by division in Spring. 

The powers that be have been mucking around with the naming of Eupatoriums in 2008. Some have just changed species name others have moved to the genus Ageratina.

Eupatorium fistulosum f. Albidum Ivory Towers

New form with ivory white flowers on stems nearly as long as its scientific name!  Actually it grows to 6ft (approx) tall and flowers late summer into autumn. 

Eupatorum purpureum Atropureum © 2008 SpecialPerennials.comEupatorium maculatum Atropurpureum

This variety has darker stems than the species and looks good at the back of the border. Fluffy pink flowers from late August onwards. Gets to 7ft / 210cm or more tall in moist soils, more like 5 - 6ft / 150 - 180cm in dry soils. Was previously E. purpureum etc.

RHS Award of Garden Merit.

Eupatorium rugosum Chocolate: Now listed under: Ageratina altissima Chocolate.