Re: goldenrod
- Subject: Re: goldenrod
- From: G*
- Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2001 07:26:16 -0400
Hello Claire,
I, too, have goldenrod growing all over the country side here. Just because
they are common does not make them any less effective in the garden, or as a cut
flower. A classic combination in the vase here are aster and goldenrod.... gold &
blue... have some wonderful slides I use to illustrate the late garden in bloom.
I choose "Fireworks" for the long streamers of gold when it is in bloom. It is
located in a somewhat hot and dry raised bed along with Caryopteris. I also use
the somewhat aggressive fall blooming anemone in the arrangement on the shade
side. The long streamers of gold perfectly frame the blue blooms of the bluebeard.
arrangement has been there for about 4 years now and the goldenrods began as three
plants. Now about 4 feet in diameter. About time to remove a foot or so of the
clump. I do remove the seed heads, but I collect seeds from almost every plant in
the garden for trades and sale. I do not think they are any more invasive than
many perennials out there for sale. Are they invasive... yep... they are designed
by nature to function in that manner. Just do not let them go to seed or place
them in rich garden soil. Same with the native asters.
There are some wonderful dwarf named goldenrods out there.....
Gene Bush Southern Indiana Zone 6a Munchkin Nursery
around the woods - around the world
genebush@otherside.com http://www.munchkinnursery.com
----- Original Message -----
From: <ECPep@aol.com>
Subject: goldenrod
> In a message dated 8/23/01 8:45:30 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> genebush@otherside.com writes:
>
> << and framed on one side by goldenrod cultivar "Fireworks". >>
>
> Gene,
>
> Why do you grow goldenrod? At least twenty species are native to my
> mountainside and all are stoliniferous. If they get a start in a part of the
> garden it is a few years to clean them out enitrely. I guess what I am
> asking is what have you found to convince you to add it to a gardened plot?
>
> If you travel the UK gardens, also Germany, in the late summer they have
> named cultivars they seem to love. With no effort from me, I have acres of
> the stuff. If the late summer is very dry they are the best plant in the
> fields. Always bloom, no matter what the weather.
>
> Claire Peplowski
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