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Solidago Hybrids |
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Goldenrod |
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 2-8 |
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Hybrid Origin (North America) |
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Species is 4-6 feet tall - hybrids are closer to 2-3
feet tall and 18 inches wide |
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The small yellow
flower heads (⅛-1/12 inches) are borne in
large panicles with 1-sided, recurving branches. |
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Midsummer to
late fall. |
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Alternate leaves, linear lanceolate to
elliptic-lanceolate, 2-5 inches long. Leaves can be
glabrous or scabrous above and often pubescent
below. Margins are serrated. |
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- 'Cloth of Gold' - Dense, deep yellow flowers,
18-24 inches tall.
- 'Crown of Rays' - Bright yellow
flowers, stiff columnar clump, 24 inches tall.
- 'Golden Baby' - Golden yellow plumes. 24 inches tall.
- 'Golden Fleece' - Grows less than 18
inches tall and has a spreading profile. In
late summer and early fall, the
much-branched plant is covered with bright
yellow flowers.
- 'Goldenmosa' - Large yellow flower heads, early
bloomer, 30 inches tall.
- 'Golden Shower' - Clear yellow flowers borne in
horizontal to drooping panicles, 36-48 inches tall.
- 'Golden Thumb' - Clear yellow, fluffy
flower inflorescence, 12 inches tall.
- 'Golden Wings' - Deep yellow flowers, similar to
the species at 5-6 feet tall.
- Peter Pan' - Canary-yellow
flowers, late flowering, 24-36 inches tall.
- 'Lemore' - Primrose-yellow flowers,
30-36 inches tall.
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Solidago has been wrongly
accused of causing hay fever. Actually ragweed,
Ambrosia, is the real culprit. |
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