Solidago virgaurea (European goldenrod)
This is a European relative of our native goldenrods, but with some great attributes for the water-wise landscape. It tends to grow taller than most of our lowland prairie native goldenrods — up to 3 ft. high! It also blooms much later than our early-blooming native species, with multiple arrays of numerous small bright-yellow flower heads that provide abundant forage for butterflies, bees, other beneficial insects, and birds from July until the first frost (and continued habitat in its stems and seed heads through winter!).
It’s an easy-care plant, as long as it has a full-sun position. It is tolerant of a wide variety of soils, and has a robust woody rhizome that will hold soils. It’s a clump-forming goldenrod that will expand out over time; you can divide the rhizomes and plant more clusters where you want, or share them with friends!
This is a European relative of our native goldenrods, but with some great attributes for the water-wise landscape. It tends to grow taller than most of our lowland prairie native goldenrods — up to 3 ft. high! It also blooms much later than our early-blooming native species, with multiple arrays of numerous small bright-yellow flower heads that provide abundant forage for butterflies, bees, other beneficial insects, and birds from July until the first frost (and continued habitat in its stems and seed heads through winter!).
It’s an easy-care plant, as long as it has a full-sun position. It is tolerant of a wide variety of soils, and has a robust woody rhizome that will hold soils. It’s a clump-forming goldenrod that will expand out over time; you can divide the rhizomes and plant more clusters where you want, or share them with friends!
This is a European relative of our native goldenrods, but with some great attributes for the water-wise landscape. It tends to grow taller than most of our lowland prairie native goldenrods — up to 3 ft. high! It also blooms much later than our early-blooming native species, with multiple arrays of numerous small bright-yellow flower heads that provide abundant forage for butterflies, bees, other beneficial insects, and birds from July until the first frost (and continued habitat in its stems and seed heads through winter!).
It’s an easy-care plant, as long as it has a full-sun position. It is tolerant of a wide variety of soils, and has a robust woody rhizome that will hold soils. It’s a clump-forming goldenrod that will expand out over time; you can divide the rhizomes and plant more clusters where you want, or share them with friends!