Let me preface today’s entry with a note that this blog will be coming to
an end shortly. My Villages Chapter of
The Florida Native Plant Society is starting a Facebook page. Facebook will be more interactive, allowing
members of the group to post photos, ask questions of the group, share
knowledge.
Chapman’s Goldenrod (Solidago odora) is planted in the bed with my
Pinelands Lantana, Bee Balm, Flatwood Plum trees and now Dune Sunflowers. It flowers around August – October in my
yard. Some neighbors were alarmed telling me about allergies, but actually
people rarely have a reaction to Goldenrod plants because they pollen is not
air born – the pollen is heavy, does not float, and this plant relies on the
bees and butterflies to pollinate it. I’ve
been told that “in the wild” Goldenrod and Ragweed often grow together in the
same places. Ragweed is not as showy a plant as goldenrod, but ragweed is the
pollen that causes itchy eyes and nose!
Goldenrod likes full sun. Once the
yellow blooms go, many people cut it back, but I found that it continues to
make an interesting plant through Fall, so I’ve only cut it back around late
November or December.
RESOURCES:
https://www.fnps.org/assets/pdf/pubs/solidago_odora_chapmansgoldenrod.pdf
http://hawthornhillwildflowers.blogspot.com/2010/10/chapmans-goldenrod-solidago-odora-var.html
Goldenrod-vs-Ragweed-Which-causes-allergies-and-which-benefits-pollinators
AUGUST - Chapman's Goldenrod with Beebalm
OCTOBER - Chapman's Goldenrod yellow flowers fading
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