{"id":1950,"date":"2011-09-29T12:00:58","date_gmt":"2011-09-29T16:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=1950"},"modified":"2011-09-26T18:39:32","modified_gmt":"2011-09-26T22:39:32","slug":"%e2%80%98little-lemon%e2%80%99-goldenrod-acts-like-late-summer-bedding-plant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2011\/09\/29\/%e2%80%98little-lemon%e2%80%99-goldenrod-acts-like-late-summer-bedding-plant\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Little Lemon\u2019 Goldenrod Acts Like Late Summer Bedding Plant"},"content":{"rendered":"

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'Little Lemon' goldenrod (photo courtesy of North Creek Nurseries, Landenburg, PA)<\/p><\/div>\n

Across the Southern Appalachian region (USDA zones 6 and 7),\u00a0the native goldenrods (Solidago spp<\/em>.)\u00a0are easy to\u00a0spot, growing 6-8 feet tall in ditch banks along roadsides and in the poorest of soils.\u00a0 Over the past quarter century\u00a0short, more compact cultivars have arrived\u00a0local garden centers.<\/p>\n

\u2018Little Lemon\u2019\u00a0grows only 12-15 inches tall\u00a0with a\u00a018-24 inch spread. This diminutive beauty is exceptionally compact with\u00a0joyous light yellow flowers\u00a0 opening in late summer and blooming well into the fall season.\u00a0‘Little Lemon’\u00a0combines well with other autumnal pleasures\u00a0such as\u00a0asters, kales, and fall anemones\u00a0either in garden beds\u00a0or containers.<\/p>\n

Goldenrods prefer moist, well-drained soils in full sun\u00a0or partial shade, and are tolerant of wet sites.\u00a0Plants possess good heat and drought tolerances.\u00a0Fertilizing goldenrod is rarely needed, but\u00a0likely will enhance plant vigor.<\/p>\n

Goldenrods do not cause hay fever in the fall. The sticky oily goldenrod pollen is to heavy to be carried in the wind. Cut goldenrod flowers are long-lasting and used in dried arrangements.<\/p>\n

Clumps need to be divided every 3-4 years. Birds and butterflies frequent flowers often and deer don\u2019t graze on them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0 Across the Southern Appalachian region (USDA zones 6 and 7),\u00a0the native goldenrods (Solidago spp.)\u00a0are easy to\u00a0spot, growing 6-8 feet tall in ditch banks along roadsides and in the poorest of soils.\u00a0 Over the past quarter century\u00a0short, more compact cultivars have arrived\u00a0local garden centers. \u2018Little Lemon\u2019\u00a0grows only 12-15 inches tall\u00a0with a\u00a018-24 inch spread. This diminutive […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[444,707,747,749,792,627,630,646,1,113],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1950"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1950"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1950\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2009,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1950\/revisions\/2009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}