Description
Scientific name: Solidago speciosa
Range: Keweenaw native
Light: Full Sun
Soil: Loam, Sand, Rocky
Moisture: Medium-Dry, Dry
Benefits: Pollinators, Birds, Deer Resistant
Height: 3′
Blooms: Sep, Oct
Zones: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Color: Yellow
Spacing: 2′ to 3′
Root: Fibrous
A firecracker in the fall garden, showy goldenrod sometimes seems alive with pollinators. The plant has a showy feathery plume on a red stem and is arguably the loveliest goldenrod of all.
Showy Goldenrod tolerates a range of soils as long as there is good drainage. The plant can be grown in prairies, fields, thin rocky soil and on dry, open, sandy ground. Give it a try. You won’t be disappointed.
