Re: Goldenrod (was "Garden Illusion")
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- Subject: Re: Goldenrod (was "Garden Illusion")
- From: "* L* <h*@mindspring.com>
- Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1998 20:10:56 -0400
Oh, Chris, thank you so much! I was about to plant a number of volunteer
goldenrod plants into some of my beds. Can anyone elaborate on its
invasiveness, and what cultivars might not be?
>
>Shortly thereafter we started noticing goldenrod seedlings coming up
>everywhere else in the yard (hundreds of feet away). We left them
>naively thinking that although these were more like the straight species,
>there was a possibility that they could be contained.
>
>Anyhow, it's now several years later. 'Golden Baby' disappeared,
>and we just finished yanking all of the large established clumps of
>goldenrod in the various beds.
>
>So... Are there any dware goldenrod cultivars that are sterile? I
>really like the way that they brighten up a flowerbed in late summer
>and fall, but the maintenance issues far outweigh asthetic qualities
>right now. Who has suggestions?
>
>Chris
>
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