Solidago caesia (Blue Stemmed Goldenrod)
grows 1.5-3 ft. tall
grows in part shade to full sun
prefers dry to medium soils
blooms yellow from August-September
natural habitat: open upland woods, shaded bluffs, slopes of wooded ravines and rocky cliffs
host plant for aphids, treehoppers, spittlebugs, plant bugs, stink bugs, fruit flies and grasshoppers
moderately deer resistant
companion plants: Symphyotrichum cordifolium (Blue Wood Aster), Chasmanthium latifolium (Northern Sea Oats), Chrysogonum virginianum (Green and Gold), Conoclinium coelestinum (Blue Mistflower), Heliopsis helianthoides (False Sunflower), Amsonia hubrichtii (Narrowleaf Bluestar)
grows 1.5-3 ft. tall
grows in part shade to full sun
prefers dry to medium soils
blooms yellow from August-September
natural habitat: open upland woods, shaded bluffs, slopes of wooded ravines and rocky cliffs
host plant for aphids, treehoppers, spittlebugs, plant bugs, stink bugs, fruit flies and grasshoppers
moderately deer resistant
companion plants: Symphyotrichum cordifolium (Blue Wood Aster), Chasmanthium latifolium (Northern Sea Oats), Chrysogonum virginianum (Green and Gold), Conoclinium coelestinum (Blue Mistflower), Heliopsis helianthoides (False Sunflower), Amsonia hubrichtii (Narrowleaf Bluestar)
grows 1.5-3 ft. tall
grows in part shade to full sun
prefers dry to medium soils
blooms yellow from August-September
natural habitat: open upland woods, shaded bluffs, slopes of wooded ravines and rocky cliffs
host plant for aphids, treehoppers, spittlebugs, plant bugs, stink bugs, fruit flies and grasshoppers
moderately deer resistant
companion plants: Symphyotrichum cordifolium (Blue Wood Aster), Chasmanthium latifolium (Northern Sea Oats), Chrysogonum virginianum (Green and Gold), Conoclinium coelestinum (Blue Mistflower), Heliopsis helianthoides (False Sunflower), Amsonia hubrichtii (Narrowleaf Bluestar)