Goldenrod
Solidago hybrids. ASTERACEAE (COMPOSITAE).
Planting and Growing Goldenrod
You’ll find everything you need to know to plant and grow goldenrod in the accompanying table’s tabs:
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- Flowers, foliage, and root structure of goldenrod
- Plant hardiness and growing conditions for goldenrod
- Season of bloom and planting time for goldenrod
- When, how deep, and where to plant goldenrod
- How to plant goldenrod
- Watering, fertilizing, care, and pests or diseases of goldenrod
- Landscape and container uses of goldenrod
- Comments about goldenrod and its features
Growing Goldenrod
Many hybrids of upright, rhizomatous perennial herbs, to 3 ft. (90 cm) tall. Hairy or shiny, green, narrow, lance-shaped, often toothed leaves, to 6 in. (15 cm) long.
Most Solidago species, hybrids, and cultivars have similar care needs.
Planting and Care Guide
Blooms
Showy, tiny, cream, white, bright yellow, hairy flowers, in tall, feathery plumelike clusters, to 10 in. (25 cm) long, in summer–autumn.
Best Climates
Hardy. Zones 2–10.
Soil Type and Fertility
Damp, well-drained, sandy soil. Fertility: Average–low. 6.5–7.5 pH.
Where and How to Plant
Spring in full to filtered sun, 18–24 in. (45–60 cm) apart, after soil warms.
Proper Care
Easy. Keep damp; allow soil surface to dry between waterings. Drought tolerant. Fertilize annually in spring. Stake tall cultivars. Propagate by division, seed.
About This Plant
Good choice for backgrounds, beds in cottage, meadow, natural, wildlife, woodland gardens. Invasive, zones 7–10. Attracts birds, butterflies. Pest and disease resistant.
The Solidago species’ reputation as a cause of allergic reactions in individuals suffering with seasonal allergies to plant pollen is largely undeserved.