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About 20 species of this unpretentious plant adorn meadows, birch and pine forests with dry soil, our vast homeland. The people call him "Common goldenrod", and in Latin his name is "Solidago virgaurea L", that is, "Solidago". A cultivated goldenrod is a frequent visitor to summer cottages. Its powerful golden-yellow inflorescences from August to frost revive the wilting autumn nature
Habitus solidago
Perennial rhizomes produce straight, powerful stems, which are simple or branched and grow to a height of 60 to 200 centimeters. On them, the next leaves are lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, whole, but more often with a more or less jagged edge.
Numerous heterogamous small baskets form paniculate inflorescences. The marginal flowers and disc flowers are yellow, giving the entire plant a golden appearance. Natural beauty is not enough for a person, and he experiments with plants, painting them in unusual colors. So you can find decorative huge bushes of solidago of blue, green, crimson color. Behind the brightness of the facade, you cannot immediately see the familiar goldenrod, which is beautiful in itself.
Cylindrical achenes 0.2-0.8 mm wide and 0.7-4.5 mm long are short-haired with a tuft of rough bristles.
Varieties
Along with the usual
"Common goldenrod" and close to him in appearance
"Goldenrod descending"growing in the East of Russia and characterized by blunt leaves and one-sided inflorescences, there are other types:
* Solidago the highest - an inhabitant of the American prairies, "Tall goldenrod", a sun lover, intolerant of even partial shade. It is one of the first solidago, cultivated by man.
Its pubescent straight stems stretch towards the sun, reaching 180 centimeters in height. The leaves on the stem are of two types: the upper leaves have a solid edge, and those that grow lower are serrated, simple, lanceolate, dotted with parallel veins.
Lemon-yellow flowers, collected in one-sided paniculate inflorescences, adorn August and September with their abundant splendor. Excellent honey plant.
* Solidago Canadian - differs from the "highest goldenrod" in more green oblong-lanceolate leaves and the absence of pubescence on one third of the stem. Golden-yellow pyramidal panicles of inflorescences reach 40 centimeters in length, decorate the garden with abundant flowering in July-August.
The bush looks good in mixed flower beds, in bouquets with other natural flowers. Its golden panicles, properly dried, will adorn a bouquet of dried flowers.
Like gardeners for winter hardiness. Loves soils with reliable drainage. Prefers a sunny place of residence.
* Solidago hybrid - varieties of different heights with flowers of various shades of yellow, bred on the basis of "Canadian solidago".
* Solidago Shorty - with smooth oblong-lanceolate leaves with a serrated edge on a branching stem up to 160 centimeters high. Forty-five centimeter pyramidal panicles of golden-yellow inflorescences adorn the garden in August.
They are unpretentious to soils, but they grow better on wet heavy ones. They tolerate both the sun and partial shade. Winter hardiness. The ground part of the plant is cut off for the winter, leaving 15 centimeter stems. The overgrown bushes are divided every 3-4 years.
* Daurian goldenrod - a resident of Siberia. Its strong, simple meter-long stems can be found in river valleys, in clearings and meadows, in forests and on rocky slopes. Leaves of several forms grow on one plant. Its small yellow baskets form a simple brush.
Growing
The unpretentiousness of a plant does not mean that it does not have any preferences. Solidago grows best on moist, relatively heavy and organic-rich soils.
Propagated both by seeds and by dividing the bush.
Loves sunny meadows, but also tolerates shading without damage.
Usage
As an ornamental plant, we have a popular "Goldenrod Canadian" and hybrids created on its basis.
Goldenrod is an excellent honey plant. In addition, some plant species are used as medicinal products, as well as for the production of dyes and tannins.
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