How to grow sweet joe-pye weed

When to plant sweet joe-pye weed

Sow seeds in fall because they need about three months of cold, moist stratification, or divide the plant in fall as it goes dormant. It prefers moist, well-drained to occasionally wet soils and dislikes dry soils; space plants 24 to 48 inches apart.

Sweet Joe-Pye Weed is timed by season rather than your frost dates, so the planting calendar does not generate ZIP-specific dates for it. Check the cited sources below to fine-tune for your area.