The cornerstone of my first garden was, and still is, a weed. A giant of a plant, known to thrive in sun or semi-shade if the soil (or hard clay in my case) tends to be damp, Eupatorium purporium ...

Flowering sweet Joe pye weed with groups of small pink blooms and green foliage. - Cynthia Shirk/Shutterstock While deer are essential to a balanced ecosystem, these herbivores primarily feed on ...

Editor’s note: Once a month, OSU Extension Master Gardener Volunteers in Franklin County profile a plant that occurs naturally in central Ohio. If Ohio’s prairies and wetlands had a celebrity, it ...

One of my favorite summer wildflowers is Joe Pye Weed.

In Yellowstone, as you drive from one scenic point to another you’ll notice cars pulled to the side of the road. This is a clear signal that something of extraordinary interest has been spotted. Bison ...

Joe-Pye weed is an attractive native plant with an interesting history behind its common name. Joe-Pye weed is a pollinator-attracting native plant with an interesting history behind its common name.

A stand of Joe-Pye weed (Queen of the meadow) rises tall and proud in front of the cattails near the swamp, so distinct with its feathery, heathery, pinkish lavender flowers. The flat top clusters are ...

What makes a weed a weed? The answer is a little complicated. At the most basic level, a weed could be any plant growing where it’s not wanted to grow, according to the Bureau of Land Management. By ...