Nature is sending out the first hints of fall with rainy weather and cooler temperatures, a welcome change to the scorching heat of summer. Walking through the Brunswick Botanical Garden, I am treated ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In its native environment, goldenrod thrives in all conditions, including in poor soils along roadsides and in meadows. It reaches ...

Tall and gangly, goldenrod offers the latter to interested gardeners. My front landscape bed is dedicated to pollinators, so I have planted native Showy goldenrod (Solidago speciosa) right in the ...

If your allergies act up in late summer, don’t blame goldenrod. “What’s making you sneeze is ragweed,” said Sharon Yiesla, plant knowledge specialist at The Morton Arboretum in Lisle. Goldenrod is ...

It has no brain or central nervous system, but researchers say the tall goldenrod plant is intelligent. That's the argument behind a new paper from Cornell University. When faced with a problem, some ...

"Across acres of old pastures, where the goldenrod are taking over, late August and early September turn the land into a tumbling sea of the richest yellow. The fields are awash with waves of ...

We are all able to quickly identify goldenrod, right? The answer is almost always, “Yes, I can.” If you have visited Presque Isle State Park in the past five to six weeks, you'll know goldenrod is in ...

To get started, head outside and find a field of gone-to-seed Canada goldenrod plants with some woods nearby. These are fairly common in open spaces and meadows, even in the metro area. Now focus on ...

A goldenrod plant is host to various bugs at the Prairie Ally Outdoor Center in Luverne, Minn. Kimberly Rockman, site manager at Prairie Ally, said that the restored prairie promotes a diversity of ...

Goldenrod can perceive other plants nearby without ever touching them, by sensing far-red light ratios reflected off leaves. When goldenrod is eaten by herbivores, it adapts its response based on ...

Coneflowers already draw butterflies and bees, but pairing them with the right companion plants can turn a simple bed into a ...

Goldenrod is a native perennial that’s gaining popularity in gardens. Once considered more weedy than ornamental, many gardeners now plant this low-maintenance wildflower for its vibrant yellow blooms ...