A LITTLE MORE LIFE
Rough goldenrod
Solidago rugosa
Late yellow flowers feed bees and butterflies when many other garden blooms have finished.
MAKE IT FEEL AT HOME
A spot to thrive.
Allow room for a colony in moist soil; cultivars differ in size and spreading habit.
- Sunlight
- Full sun
- Soil moisture
- Moist to wet / Average moisture
- Mature size
- 2–5 ft tall · spreading clumps
- Season of interest
- Late summer–fall
- Hardiness
- USDA zones 4–8
- Garden role
- Late-season flower color
ONE GOOD SWAP
Instead of garden mum.
Chrysanthemum × morifolium
Try rough goldenrod for late-season flower color.
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Photo credits & licenses
Rough goldenrod: F. D Richards · CC BY-SA 4.0
Garden mum: KENPEI · CC BY-SA 3.0
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