Solidago speciosa (Showy Goldenrod)
grows 2-3 ft. tall
grows in full sun
prefers dry to medium soils
blooms yellow from July-September
natural habitat: mesic to dry Blackland prairies, sand prairies, clearings and edges of rocky upland woods, Black oak savannas, thickets and old fields
host plant for butterflies, moths and beetles
deer resistant
companion plants: Schizachyrium Scoparium (Little Bluestem), Liatris aspera (Rough Blazing Star), Andropogon gerardii (Big Bluestem), Symphyotrichum laeve (Smooth Blue Aster), Amorpha canescens (Lead Plant), Eryngium yuccifolium (Rattlesnake Master), Baptisia australis (False Indigo), Aster ericoides (Heath Aster)
grows 2-3 ft. tall
grows in full sun
prefers dry to medium soils
blooms yellow from July-September
natural habitat: mesic to dry Blackland prairies, sand prairies, clearings and edges of rocky upland woods, Black oak savannas, thickets and old fields
host plant for butterflies, moths and beetles
deer resistant
companion plants: Schizachyrium Scoparium (Little Bluestem), Liatris aspera (Rough Blazing Star), Andropogon gerardii (Big Bluestem), Symphyotrichum laeve (Smooth Blue Aster), Amorpha canescens (Lead Plant), Eryngium yuccifolium (Rattlesnake Master), Baptisia australis (False Indigo), Aster ericoides (Heath Aster)
grows 2-3 ft. tall
grows in full sun
prefers dry to medium soils
blooms yellow from July-September
natural habitat: mesic to dry Blackland prairies, sand prairies, clearings and edges of rocky upland woods, Black oak savannas, thickets and old fields
host plant for butterflies, moths and beetles
deer resistant
companion plants: Schizachyrium Scoparium (Little Bluestem), Liatris aspera (Rough Blazing Star), Andropogon gerardii (Big Bluestem), Symphyotrichum laeve (Smooth Blue Aster), Amorpha canescens (Lead Plant), Eryngium yuccifolium (Rattlesnake Master), Baptisia australis (False Indigo), Aster ericoides (Heath Aster)