Solidago x Goldenrod 'Little Lemon '
I came across this little gem at the garden center the other day. It's a new introduction this year. The goldenrod is one of my favorites and I don't have one currently in my garden. 'Little Lemon ' is a dwarf, is described as a vigorous plant with lemony yellow clouds that appear in August. If sheared back when they decline, a second bloom period may appear.
I know that it's so common and can be seen growing almost everywhere but it's cheerful yellow blooms brighten up the garden for a very long time.
I know that it's so common and can be seen growing almost everywhere but it's cheerful yellow blooms brighten up the garden for a very long time.
Even though it's called Little Lemon, you didn't buy a lemon but a real cracker of a plant. I love goldenrod too. It may be common as muck but who cares with such a cheerful plant like this? :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks, yolanda elizabet. I agree with your statement one hundred per cent !
ReplyDeleteA dwarf goldenrod might be just the thing to tuck into some spot near the front of the garden. Does it spread much?
ReplyDeleteDoes a chicken have wings ? Of course it spreads and I'm addicted to spreaders ! Oh, well I can always give it as gifts to friends and neighbors.
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by, mcgregor's daughter.
what a great plant! I've yet to see ornamental goldenrods for sale around here; maybe nursery operators figure that with so many wild species around here, gardeners aren't about to embrace ornamental varieties, but I've been waiting. I love the soft colour, rather than the more bold yellow that most of them are.
ReplyDeleteI would hardly call that common--it's such a luscious color! The "usual" goldenrods are beautiful, but more of a brassy or golden yellow than a lemony one like yours. Beautiful.
ReplyDeleteHmmmm... the spreading part is a bit of a concern. I swore off on spreaders earlier in the spring. However, I might have to give this one a shot in my garden; it is very yellow and bright and just what a fall garden needs.
ReplyDeleteCarol at May Dreams Gardens
Jodi, Kim, Carol,
ReplyDeleteGlad y'all liked my choice of the little lemon goldenrod.
Carol, I think I've sworn off the spreaders more than once. I just have to keep a closer eye on them and divide accordingly.
I love Golden Rod, but had no idea you could get dwarf versions. How tall does it grow?
ReplyDeleteHey Carolyn! This is beautiful. Sometimes I dread coming over to your blog because it always means I have another plant to add to the wish list.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comment on my blog about buying the mostly dead limelight. I'll pick that up tomorrow! What about the Tandiva and the PeeGee? Would you recommend either of those 2?
Hi Gina,
ReplyDeleteI work at the largest garden center in Chicago. At the end of the season many shrubs, especially Hydrangeas, look terrible . But remember, the roots are still good and will come back next year. And so, yes, Tardivas, Peegees and Limelights will do well next year.
Go get those bargains girlfriend !
My Illinois gardens always had some Solidago, Carolyn... and at one time I also grew the intergeneric hybrid Solidaster. I can't remember seeing goldenrod around here, but that lighter, lemony color is persuading me to find out if this one could live in my garden.
ReplyDeleteAnnie at the Transplantable Rose
Hi Sue,
ReplyDeleteLittle Lemon only gets 12 inches tall, so it's perfect for the front of the border.
Hi Annie,
ReplyDeleteGoldenrod is a native wildflower of most of the Southern states and was at one time the Alabama state flower.
I'm not familiar with the Solidaster but I think it would be a great perennial, coming from two carefree and long blooming parents.