and it is slow to get started in the spring
Witch's Thimbles
low places with some shade
Image credits: Matt Lavin from Creative Commons via North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox
Squirrels will eat the ripe fruits
Eutrochium maculatum - Spotted Joe-Pye Weed cut-seed-head and it is slow toSizes available: #1 (Trade gallon) Basics: zones 3 8, 36 72" x 36 72", full sun, the purply mauve, large, fluffy bloom is comprised of numerous small flowers, blooms in mid late summer, likes consistent moisture to considerably wet soils. Common names: Spotted Joe Pye Weed, Spotted Trumpet Weed, Joe Pyeweed, Joe Pye Weed, Queen of the Meadow (many other plants have this common name, probably depends on whose reign is in the ascendency). Synonyms: