Prairie Goldenrod, Oldfield Goldenrod, Grayleaf Goldenrod, Gray-leaved Goldenrod, Dyersweed Goldenrod, Dwarf Goldenrod, Field Goldenrod
This relatively diminutive member of the goldenrod family will perform nicely if well sited, so pick a sunny, well-drained and even dry spot where it can naturalize and rhizomatous roots won't bother other garden plants. Meadows, wild gardens, and cottage gardens are a good choice.
This goldenrod is easily grown in average, dry to medium, slightly acidic, well-drained soils in full sun, and prefers full sun and dry soil. Tolerates light shade but is intolerant of full shade. Likes rocky, sandy soils. Tolerates poor soils, but plants generally grow taller and more vigorously in rich soils. This is a rhizomatous, spreading, somewhat weedy plant that can colonize an area by creeping rhizomes and self-seeding. Removal of flower heads prior to ripening of seed, if practicable, will help prevent seed dispersal. [adapted from missouribotanicalgarden.org]
Photo via Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain
Larval Host for the
0.5-2'
0.5-2'
SIZE
SOIL
Dry
LIGHT
Sun, Part Shade, Shade
BENEFITS
Native Bees, Butterfiles, Monarch Butterfly
NOTES
Challenging areas with poor soils where other types of plants are difficult to grow may be just the right spot for this little goldenrod!
CHARACTERISTICS
Drought tolerant, Showy, Tolerates Deer, Tolerates Shallow Rocky Soil, Keystone Species
August, September
Flower
This
flowers in
Gray Goldenrod
Solidago nemoralis
DETAIL VIEW
DESCRIPTION
This relatively diminutive member of the goldenrod family will perform nicely if well sited, so pick a sunny, well-drained and even dry spot where it can naturalize and rhizomatous roots won't bother other garden plants. Meadows, wild gardens, and cottage gardens are a good choice.
This goldenrod is easily grown in average, dry to medium, slightly acidic, well-drained soils in full sun, and prefers full sun and dry soil. Tolerates light shade but is intolerant of full shade. Likes rocky, sandy soils. Tolerates poor soils, but plants generally grow taller and more vigorously in rich soils. This is a rhizomatous, spreading, somewhat weedy plant that can colonize an area by creeping rhizomes and self-seeding. Removal of flower heads prior to ripening of seed, if practicable, will help prevent seed dispersal. [adapted from missouribotanicalgarden.org]
Photo via Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain