Solidago missouriensis - MISSOURI GOLDENROD
Short native goldenrod for dry sunny garden.
Pollinator magnet as any other goldenrod.
Blooming Time: July - August/September
Size: usually 18-24" tall and wide, in optimal conditions can spread with fibrous roots into smaller loose colony
USDA Zones: 3 to 8
Culture: sun, half sun, average soils, drained soils (naturally sandy, gritty, or amended with gravel, sand, etc). Medium-dry to dry soil. Avoid waterlogged soils! Drought tolerant.
Moisture Needs: medium-dry to dry
Origin: Native to larger portion of the USA, excluding California and east coast states, see the BONAP distribution map.
Can be found in open areas, and various prairies (black soil prairies, clay prairies, dolomite prairies, hill prairies), limestone glades, prairie remnants along railroads or thicket.
Black Walnut Tolerant: yes
Deer/Rabbit Resistant: It's not preferred, but might be browsed by the deer if the pressure is higher or high.
Attracts Butterflies or Pollinators: yes / yes. Small bees, wasps, flies, and beetles visit the flowers for nectar and/or pollen, (including Goldenrod Soldier Beetle, Black Blister Beetle). Many grasshopper and leaf beetles species feed on the foliage. The caterpillars of many moth species feed on this and other goldenrods. Other insect feeders include stink bugs, plant bugs, the larvae of small flies and thrips.
The Greater Prairie Chicken eats the foliage, the Eastern Goldfinch and various sparrows eat the seeds to a minor extent.
Attracts Hummingbirds: no
Pot Size:square 3.5" x 4" deep perennial pot
Plant Combinations: sunny beds, cottage garden, naturalistic gardens, pollinator gardens. Good with many common perennials that tolerate drained or drier soils : Echinacea, Achillea, Agastache, Amsonia, summer blooming Allium, Asclepias tuberosa, Aster, Baptisia, Calamintha, Coreopsis, Gaura, Knautia, Liatris, Monarda, Nepeta, Oenothera, Penstemons, Platycodon (taller ones), Rudbeckia, Salvia nemorosa hybrids, tall Sedum, Solidago, Stachys, Vernonia lettermannii, taller Veronica, Yucca, and grasses like Bouteloa, Muhlenbergia, Sporobolus, Schizachyrium scoparium, Sorghastrum or Panicum.
Picture Copyright: Matt Lavin, Commons Wikimedia
Solidago missouriensis - MISSOURI GOLDENROD
Short native goldenrod for dry sunny garden.
Pollinator magnet as any other goldenrod.
Blooming Time: July - August/September
Size: usually 18-24" tall and wide, in optimal conditions can spread with fibrous roots into smaller loose colony
USDA Zones: 3 to 8
Culture: sun, half sun, average soils, drained soils (naturally sandy, gritty, or amended with gravel, sand, etc). Medium-dry to dry soil. Avoid waterlogged soils! Drought tolerant.
Moisture Needs: medium-dry to dry
Origin: Native to larger portion of the USA, excluding California and east coast states, see the BONAP distribution map.
Can be found in open areas, and various prairies (black soil prairies, clay prairies, dolomite prairies, hill prairies), limestone glades, prairie remnants along railroads or thicket.
Black Walnut Tolerant: yes
Deer/Rabbit Resistant: It's not preferred, but might be browsed by the deer if the pressure is higher or high.
Attracts Butterflies or Pollinators: yes / yes. Small bees, wasps, flies, and beetles visit the flowers for nectar and/or pollen, (including Goldenrod Soldier Beetle, Black Blister Beetle). Many grasshopper and leaf beetles species feed on the foliage. The caterpillars of many moth species feed on this and other goldenrods. Other insect feeders include stink bugs, plant bugs, the larvae of small flies and thrips.
The Greater Prairie Chicken eats the foliage, the Eastern Goldfinch and various sparrows eat the seeds to a minor extent.
Attracts Hummingbirds: no
Pot Size:square 3.5" x 4" deep perennial pot
Plant Combinations: sunny beds, cottage garden, naturalistic gardens, pollinator gardens. Good with many common perennials that tolerate drained or drier soils : Echinacea, Achillea, Agastache, Amsonia, summer blooming Allium, Asclepias tuberosa, Aster, Baptisia, Calamintha, Coreopsis, Gaura, Knautia, Liatris, Monarda, Nepeta, Oenothera, Penstemons, Platycodon (taller ones), Rudbeckia, Salvia nemorosa hybrids, tall Sedum, Solidago, Stachys, Vernonia lettermannii, taller Veronica, Yucca, and grasses like Bouteloa, Muhlenbergia, Sporobolus, Schizachyrium scoparium, Sorghastrum or Panicum.
Picture Copyright: Matt Lavin, Commons Wikimedia