Eupatorium maculatum ‘Riesenschirm’

A member of the Atropurpureum Group and one of the finest, holding an AGM from the RHS. A robust perennial with huge fluffy purple-pink flattened domes of flower in Sept-Oct atop burgundy stems, contrasting with the large elegant lance-shaped foliage. Loves sun moisture and rich soil, though will take the opposite, but become smaller. Up to 2.5m.