Goldenrod? In my garden? A prized plant? Ha!
Ten years ago, if someone had suggested to me that one of my most prized perennials would be a goldenrod, I would have laughed. What foolishness.
Goldenrod, after all, is a fall weed, often found along the roadsides out in the country, "wherever fine weeds grow".
I'm sure glad back then I didn't bet anyone that I'd never plant goldenrod in my