Solidago canadensis 'Golden Baby'
from Plants of the Southwest in spring 2025
Solidago 'Little Lemon'
from High Country Gardens in spring 2024
Unnamed dwarf Goldenrod / Solidago already here
Expectations:
'Golden Baby' is a dwarf, to about 2 feet high, planted in the sunny spot on the lower flagstones where I tried to grow an ironwood tree.
Flowers are much lighter yellow than typical goldenrods, almost a frosty white.
It gets to only 14 inches high. Supposedly rabbits are a problem.
Experiences:
I put 'Little Lemon' in the outer circle around the birdbath, next to a blue sage. It
flowered its first year in 2024 but was still tiny.
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| July 23, 2021 |
There was also a small upright dwarf goldenrod here when we bought the house. It was just a little clump sitting in the gravel in front of the front porch.
It's sort of random by itself out in the gravel, but I don't want to put anything else around it. The clump is quite tidy.
I'm not sure what cultivar it is.
I swore I would never plant a goldenrod after battling the 6 foot tall masses and masses of giant wild goldenrod surrounding us in the meadow in CT.
But here it is, a little one, and quite nice. It's a reliable mid summer bloomer and the dried seedheads look good after the yellow has faded.