Re: Looking for Eutrochium (Eupatorium) maculatum 'Purple Bush'
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  • Subject: Re: Looking for Eutrochium (Eupatorium) maculatum 'Purple Bush'
  • From: &* P* L* <1*@rewrite.hort.net>
  • Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2022 13:27:22 -0500 (CDT)
Hi Kitty,

I've been designing my garden around the CBG evaluations lately, so it was 
funny to me to see this again.  :D

Mostly it's a height/width issue; I only have a 4' wide space and there are 
taller plants around it, so I need the flowers to be about 5' in the air.

I was considering just doing E. purpureum (the straight species) because it's 
narrower, but it's also extremely tall.  We'd never see the Hydrangea behind 
it. 

I'll check with Russell and will follow up with Lurie if that doesn't work 
out.  

Thanks!

Chris

P.S.  For giggles I've attached a PDF of that part of the garden. 'Purple 
Bush' is in the top left quadrant.  The dashed grid is 10'.


----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kitty Morrissy" <1018@rewrite.hort.net>
> To: perennials@hort.net, perennials@mallorn.com
> Sent: Sunday, July 3, 2022 11:51:02 AM
> Subject: RE: Looking for Eutrochium (Eupatorium) maculatum 'Purple Bush'
> 
> Chris,
> I wonder if you could contact Lurie Garden in Chicago to ask if they
> could suggest a supplier.
> Also, I looked at a study of Joe Pyes and, while Purple Bush did
> quite well, Bartered Bride came in a notch higher at excellent.
> Maybe you'd consider her but she is a fistulosum variety.  Phantom,
> a maculatum variety, came in with matching stars and larger flowers
> than Purple Bush. I've grown that one and it was realllllly nice.
> https://www.chicagobotanic.org/downloads/planteval_notes/no37_joepyeweed.pdf
>

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