Flower ID please

[Vince G]

Any ideas what this plant is please?



They grew to about 6 feet tall with the flower head at the top and the flowers opened about Aug/Sept. Bees loved them, so although we have plans for that bed this year, we would love to retain some of them or move them elsewhere.

Think they are some sort of spreading rhizome as there was a great mat of roots that I peeled back off some slabs they were covering.

[veggiechicken]

The piccies not very clear but it looks a bit like Golden Rod - Solidago.

[Vince G]

Was the best pic I could find on the interweb having searched using the words "tall yellow flowers garden plant". I did wonder if it was a goldenrod VC, but this got to 6 feet tall, didn't think they got quite that big...

[andy_j]

Yeah that was my first thought...golden rod or Solidago

[mothhawk]

It can grow tall. In my old house, there was some in the shrubbery that always grew about 5 feet tall. I think the tall shrubs behind them drew them up, plus they were very well fertilised with muck from the stables and the chicken house too!

[mothhawk]

Ah, wait, I've just googled and I think the one I had was Solidago gigantea, which grows up to 2 metres tall

[Scarlet]

Ah, wait, I've just googled and I think the one I had was Solidago gigantea, which grows up to 2 metres tall

Yes, I've got a tall growing one for the back if my borders. Love it!

[Two_Sheds]

it's yellow, so I hate it



I hate pink too

[Deano's "Diggin It"]

And yet I adore "Yellow"

Funny as one's "Personal Perception" regarding colour, fluctuates between "Gardeners"

[andy_j]

Solidago 'goldkind' is dwarf...gets to 18" and is lovely.

[Glutton4...]

Golden Rod/Solidago. Hate it. But only because it took over a large area of my lovely old cottage garden, and was a PITA to keep digging out. If you have a large border, make the most of it!

[Scarlet]

it's yellow, so I hate it



I hate pink too

I hate blues...

[Scarlet]

It's fab as a cut flower

[veggiechicken]

it's yellow, so I hate it



I hate pink too

I hate blues...

I lurve yellows and orange - happy sunshiny colours.
Only like dark blue - not wishy washy colours.

[mothhawk]

it's yellow, so I hate it



I hate pink too

I hated it 'cos it's brassy yellow too. Bloomin' hard to get rid of, it was.