Description
Scientific name: Oligoneuron rigidum
Range: Native to the U.P.
Light: Full Sun
Soil: Clay, Loam, Sand
Moisture: Medium Wet–Dry
Benefits: Pollinators, Butterflies, Hummingbirds, Deer Resistant
Height: 3-5′
Blooms: August-September
Zones: 3-9
Color: Yellow
Spacing: 1′
Root: Fibrous
Easy to grow so long as you give it sun and don’t soak its feet, Stiff Goldenrod flowers in the middle of the goldenrod season, providing a bonanza to beneficial insects and a fitting prelude to the late-blooming plumes of showy goldenrod. Not especially aggressive, it might reseed. Could be that’s just the ticket.
