Zig Zag Goldenrod

Solidago flexicaulis

Zig Zag Goldenrod is one of our shade loving goldenrods offering a pop of late season colour for your woodland garden. Zig Zag Goldenrod grows to about 3’ tall with the stem ‘zig-zagging’ from oval, coarsely toothed leaf to the next. Small clusters of yellow flower stud the stem blooming from top to bottom extending the bloom time.

Goldenrods are crucial to our end of season pollinators as a food source when most other native plants have begun to shut down for their winter sleep. Unfortunately, Goldenrods have been blamed for hay fever since some varieties (such as Canadian Goldenrod) are so visually prominent with their bright yellow flowers lining roadsides. The truth is, goldenrod has sticky heavy pollen, which wants to attach to our pollinators, making it not an air-born pollen. While goldenrod allergy is possible, you would need to actually brush up against the plant to have the pollen transferred to you. The true culprit for seasonal Hay Fever is actually Common Ragweed which has light pollen designed for maximum air dispersal and gets all suck up your sinuses. It does not have showy colour so it often gets overlooked, but its extremely common, especially in urban areas.