Botanical Name: Solidago 'Crown of Rays'
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Common Name: Crown of Rays Goldenrod  
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Water Saving Tip:

Replace turf with groundcovers, trees, and shrubs. If you have areas where no one uses the grass, patches that do not grow well, or a turf area too small to water without runoff, consider replacing the turf with water-efficient landscaping.

  • Anatomy

  • Culture

  • Design

Plant Type

Perennial

 

Height Range

1-3'

 

Flower Color

Yellow

 

Flower Season

Summer, Fall

 

Leaf Color

Green

 

Bark Color

n/a

 

Fruit Color

n/a

 

Fruit Season

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Information by: Stephanie Duer
Photographer: Bobbie Schwartz
  • Description

  • Notes

This is a lovely, late-blooming perennial, well suited to a shrub, perennial, or ornamental grass border. 'Crown of Rays' is a clump-forming goldenrod hybrid featuring tiny, bright yellow flowers borne in dense, horizontal, plume-like panicles on the ends of upright, stiff, alternate-leaved stems growing to about 2 feet tall and 1 to 2 feet wide. Long mid-summer to fall bloom period. Attractive to bees and butterflies. Good cut flower. This cultivar is also known as 'Strahlenkrone'.