Beginner Gardening: When does Joe Pye Weed sprout in Ohio?, 1 by merlinsgirl

merlinsgirl wrote:
This photo was taken September of last year after the flowers browned out. It's a pale lavender pink when in bloom. I've never been able to ID which kind it is - I'm assuming it's native. It gets so much bigger than the photos and descriptions I've seen. It seriously reached just over 13 feet tall last year - I got the tape measure out and checked because I couldn't believe how massive it was. That's our garage on the right for scale.

Glad to hear that it may be too early in the spring yet for it to come back. I've been waiting a few weeks now to see signs of fresh green on it, but we had such good weather so early I wonder if that's why I'm thinking it should have sprouted by now. I'm so worried that it's going to die, because I absolutely adore it. I refuse to let my husband move it even though it's in a really bad location. Last year he couldn't get behind it to mow the grass behind the garage...