In the late summer and fall, goldenrods serve as a crucial late-season food source for pollinators, insects, birds, and grazing mammals. It's one of the best herbaceous native perennials for attracting and feeding wildlife. Somewhat drought tolerant but prefers some moisture. Long-lived perennial can live for decades. It grows upright to 6 feet and spreads by rhizomes and forms large, dense patches - it can be aggressive in a garden setting. Native American tribes utilized Canada goldenrod for various medicinal purposes.
Goldenrod has an undeserved reputation for causing hay fever. Goldenrod is an animal-pollinated plant -pollen doesn’t fly through the air like wind-pollinated plant pollen does, so we don’t usually inhale it — which means goldenrod is not the source of our seasonal pollen allergies. That said, it is possible to allergic to goldenrod pollen.
These were planted from plugs this spring, in 1-gallon pots and 9-inch-high treepots (I think of these as 1-gallon equivalents), and have grown amazingly well.
In the late summer and fall, goldenrods serve as a crucial late-season food source for pollinators, insects, birds, and grazing mammals. It's one of the best herbaceous native perennials for attracting and feeding wildlife. Somewhat drought tolerant but prefers some moisture. Long-lived perennial can live for decades. It grows upright to 6 feet and spreads by rhizomes and forms large, dense patches - it can be aggressive in a garden setting. Native American tribes utilized Canada goldenrod for various medicinal purposes.
Goldenrod has an undeserved reputation for causing hay fever. Goldenrod is an animal-pollinated plant -pollen doesn’t fly through the air like wind-pollinated plant pollen does, so we don’t usually inhale it — which means goldenrod is not the source of our seasonal pollen allergies. That said, it is possible to allergic to goldenrod pollen.
These were planted from plugs this spring, in 1-gallon pots and 9-inch-high treepots (I think of these as 1-gallon equivalents), and have grown amazingly well.
