Solidago uliginosa, Bog Goldenrod

Solidago uliginosa

Bog Goldenrod

Full sun to partial shade
Average to fairly wet soils
36” to 60” tall, 12” to 24” wide
Summer to Fall blooming
Ontario Native, Meadow species, does well in high moisture settings

Still new to me, grown from seeds from the Ottawa Wildflower Seed Library and Prairie Moon Nursery.

A very narrow, upright Goldenrod that would be visually striking alongside the taller species of Liatris (Blazing Star). While the Missouri Botanical Garden website (a very good resource) describes them as rhizomatous (spreading through underground stems) the pictures I’m seeing online are all of relatively small clumps or sparse patches, which suggests to me that these are one of the less competitive species of Goldenrod.

Based on their preference for sunny, high moisture settings, I’d suggest planting them with Joe-Pye-Weed, Swamp Rose mallow, Dense Blazing Star Cardinal Flower and Great Blue Lobelia.

Photos by Joshua Mayer and Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz via Wikimedia Commons

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The Online Plant Nursery will re-open for orders on Tuesday, May 17th

Pickups will begin the following week.

I will be offering plug sized plants for $1.25 each or 5 for $5.

I'm in the process of adding species that I expect to offer this spring to the listings since they are starting to germinate and I'm starting to get an idea of which will be available in abundant quantities.

Since the list is much longer this year I've added several categories to help narrow down your options based on a variety of criteria.

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