Eupatorium maculatum 'Gateway'
Eupatorium maculatum 'Gateway' is a Joe-Pye weed with late-blooming, large, mauve-pink flowers.
Description:
Eupatorium maculatum 'Gateway' from the Atropurpureum Group is an outstanding, long-flowering, late-blooming Joe-Pye weed. It offers a more compact, shorter and bushier form with tighter and thicker, 8 inch wide, corymb-like panicle flower heads of mauve-pink. Fragrant too! It will grow to 4-6 feet in height with a 2-3 foot spread. Low maintenance and trouble-free. Great in the middle to back of the border and in naturalistic or meadow plantings providing height and long bloom. Pollinator attractor. Deer and rabbit resistant.
Common Name: Joe-Pye Weed
Family: Asteraceae (The Aster/Daisy Family)
Zone Hardiness: 4-8
Light: Full Sun, Part Sun
Height: 4-6'
Width: 2-3'
Primary Bloom Colour: Pink
Secondary Bloom Colour: Pink
Class: Deciduous
Type: Perennial
Bloom Time: Summer - Fall
Soil Moisture: Average, Moist, Wet
Stem Colour: Purple
Fragrance: Yes
Berries:
Benefits: Bees, Butterflies
Deer Resistant: Yes
BC Native: No
Native Habitat: Swampy and rich low ground and in woods, especially on calcareous soils.
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Geogrpahical Origin: Americas - North America
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