Goldenrod

Description

A long-lived magnet for pollinators, beneficial insects and birds. Rhizomatous clumps of lance-leaved vegetation can grow up to five feet high and last for decades. By mid to late summer, the stem tips droop with showy golden racemes that are a highly desired late season pollen source for bees, butterflies and hummingbirds. By fall, flowers have seeds that are eaten by small mammals and birds including goldfinch, sparrows, towhees and juncos.