For a smile as wide as a country sunrise
Hi everyone! This week’s wildflower is the “Showy Goldenrod”. This goldenrod likes full sun and dry sandy soil and likes fields, roadsides, railroads and forest edges. It blooms from July to October and will grow from one to five feet tall. These are beautiful late summer flowers and are fantastic for attracting bees and butterflies. They also grow well in gardens. And goldenrod does not cause allergies, even though many people think it does, but no one has ever tested positive for being allergic to goldenrod. It always turns out to be something else, usually ragweed. Each individual flower making up that beautiful cluster is 1/4 inch (6mm) across. Here in Canada it can be found from here to southern Ontario. In the U.S it can be found from the east coast west to the Dakotas, Wyoming and down to New Mexico. Not found further west or in Florida. Have a great day and God bless!
Steve and Muffin.
ยฉ2021 Steve McLeod.
Much better name! We have this in Europe too.
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I thought maybe you would have them too.
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We do indeed
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They are a nice bright way to welcome fall.
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Such an amazing flower ๐น๐๐ฅI never saw in India and Malaysia also ๐๐
The flower story also interesting ๐๐ป๐ทawesome colour๐๐นHappy weekend ๐๐
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So happy you liked it! I love the bright, cheerful yellow color of these flowers!๐ It’s a great way to end the summer and welcome fall.๐๐ Thank you so much! I hope you also have an awesome weekend with lots of sunshine!๐๐บ๐ป๐โโ
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So happy to read this beautiful message ๐ท๐๐
Tomorrow my Grandson coming to take me Supermarket,
So weekend busy for me ๐here afternoon raining ,
Now cold weather, time 11:50 pm. Good morning to you ๐ท๐๐ท
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Amazing small flower โค๏ธ love the varities you bring to us. The varities are.limitless with you ๐ฅฐโค๏ธ
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Glad you liked it Simon! There really are so many wildflowers, I wish I had pictures of them all.๐๐บ๐๐ท๐บ๐ผโ
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I knew it๐ฎ u have more of them not taken as a pic โบ๏ธ is okay, we cannot cover all of them, grateful for much we captured๐
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Yes, so true, and each year I keep adding some new ones to the list. I’m hoping I have enough left to keep going until the end of the year.๐๐๐ธ๐ท๐บ๐ผ
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You will always haveโค๏ธโค๏ธ
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They are very pretty ! And the colour is cheery looking as you mentioned ! Trust you and Muffin will get a good rest tonight ! ๐๐ป๐ด๐
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Thanks Sharon! Yes, I like these, so cheerful and great for attracting bees and wasps. Which makes for good pictures! I hope so too, have a good night as well.๐๐ป๐๐ด
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