Eutrochium fistulosum ( Joe Pye Weed)

grows 5-10 ft. tall

grows in part shade to sun

prefers medium to wet soils

blooms light pink from July-September

natural habitat: wet sand prairies, seeps and springs in partially wooded areas, soggy thickets, fens, rocky sandstone ravines along streams, and low areas along railroads and roadsides

host plant

moderately deer resistant

companion plants: Ligularia (Leoaprd Plant), Ageratina altissima (White Snakeroot), Agastache (Giant Hyssop)