Spotted Joe Pye (Eutrochium maculatum)
Perennial
Bloom Colour: pink/purple
Blooms: July-Sept
Height: 4-6 feet
Light: Sun, part shade
Soil: moist to wet
Water Use: Medium
Hardiness Zone 3-7 (click here to find your plant hardiness zone)
Spotted Joe Pye has sweet smelling blooms that attract: Butterflies and other pollinators
It grows in wet prairies or meadows, ditches and wet, open woodlands so will do well in wet or irrigated gardens. It can grow tall so does well in behind shorter plants, along a fence line for some seasonal privacy or against a building. Showy flowers have a sweet, honey-like fragrance.