No Bees

[thistlebloom]

<---- wants more bees in the yard.....

Joe Pye Weed is also a big bee magnet in my garden. And it smells nice.

 

[seedcorn]

Joe Pye Weed is also a big bee magnet in my garden. And it smells nice.

Now come on. You talk about a sweet smelling bee magnet, but no pix? No info on it? Get with it.

 

[canesisters]

I'm actually tagging Joe Pye weed all over the pastures so I can dig up and send to Nyboy in the fall. Since there seems to be a mess of it this year, I'll probably stick a few up closer to the yard adn see how they do.

blury picts.....
purple head of tiny blooms - tall! - wide, sawtooth leaf edges - pretty (for a "weed")

 

[seedcorn]

That is mares tail in front of it! Keep that devil weed! Kill it.

 

[canesisters]

Is THAT what it's called? That stuff is rampant here. I've not been able to find out what it's called - but it's HARD to get rid of. In that pict, it's actuall a good ways from the JPW. But it's also almost in the creek bed, so that's not where I'm digging anyway.

 

[seedcorn]

It is everywhere. Kill the main stem, roots will send up 2-10 shoots to make up for it. It's the plant world version of hydra. I think that was the name of mythological beast.

 

[thistlebloom]

Now come on. You talk about a sweet smelling bee magnet, but no pix? No info on it? Get with it.

You got it Seed. I'll post some tonight, they're in the camera but the cam is in the truck and I have to scoot outta here in a few....

 

[Carol Dee]

I got some good shots of Joe Pye weed while visiting a Butterfly garden.

 

[ninnymary]

That doesn't look like a weed at all. I wonder if it would do well in my area. I would love that instead of the borage. The borage has those little needles that I hate, always scratching me.

Mary

 

[Carol Dee]

That doesn't look like a weed at all. I wonder if it would do well in my area. I would love that instead of the borage. The borage has those little needles that I hate, always scratching me.

Mary

MARY
I looked at some joe pye weed for sale. Looks like there are several varieties and must grow anywhere, check it out here. They show zones too.
http://www.plantdelights.com/Eupatorium-for-sale/buy-Joe-Pye-Weed/Joe-Pye-Weed/Eupatorium-purpureum/