| Common Name | Stiff Goldenrod |
| Scientific Name | Solidago rigida |
| Height | 3'-4' tall, can be 5' tall |
| Sun/Shade | Sun - partial sun |
| Bloom Season | August - October |
| Bloom Color | Yellow |
| Soil | Well drained, average to sandy. Moist to dry. |
| Disease Susceptibility | |
| Propagation | http://nativeplants.for.uidaho.edu/network/view.asp?protocol_id=286 |
| Notes | Not invasive, but aggressive in a small planting. Attracts hummingbirds and butterflies. Good foliage effect - stays erect . Doesn't cause allergies. Pollinated by bees and butterflies. |
| Prairie Nursery | Heartland Restoration | Enders | Taylor Creek | Possibility Place | |
| Costs
from Spring 2001 catalog |
3" Pot
1-3 $3.95ea. 4-11 $2.95ea. 12-31 $2.75ea. 32-63 $2.25ea. 64-95 $1.95ea. 96+ $1.75 ea. 46,000 seeds/oz.
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10.00/oz | Native plant retail prices:
½ pint - 2.35, pint - 3.40, quart - 4.75, ½ gallon - 5.95, gallon - 7.50 & up. |
5.75/oz
1.25/plant |
Flat of 32 - $37.00
2" plug - $2.25 each gallons - $4.75 |
Information on Solidago rigida:
- USDA's PLANTS database. Plant Profile: http://plants.usda.gov/plants/cgi_bin/topics.cgi?earl=fact_sheet.cgi
- Wisconsin State Herbarium - http://wiscinfo.doit.wisc.edu/herbarium/scripts/detail.asp?SpCode=SOLRIG
- List of Roadside Native Plants for Illinois - http://www.inhs.uiuc.edu/~kenr/prairietable1.html
- Landscaping with Plants Native to Indiana. (pamphlet). November 1999.
- Cullina, Willaim. The New England Wild Flower Society Guide to
Growing and Propagating Wildflowers of the United States and Canada.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co, 2000.
- Harstad, Carolyn. Go Native! Gardening with Native Plants and
Wildflowers in the Lower Midwest. Bloomington: Indiana University
Press, 1999