Solidago rugosa Fireworks Tricyrtis Agave utahensis is one of

Agave utahensis is one of the most water sensitive species

'Hortensis' is one of those plants that is indispensable not because it is a showstopper but because it is in bloom most months of the frost free growing season (mid spring through summer into mid fall here in zone 7 NC)

The growth habit is similar to the species

Bees are the primary pollinators for lady slipper orchids

that emerges gold then ages to cream

Solidago rugosa Fireworks Tricyrtis Agave utahensis is one ofSolidago rugosa 'Fireworks' is a 1993 introduction from retired NC Botanical Gardens' Ken Moore that has withstood the test of time and is still regarded as the top goldenrod of all times. Originally selected from an NC Coastal Plain population of Solidago rugosa, it was rated #1 in the goldenrod trials at the Chicago Botanic Garden. From a slowly spreading rhizome, the stalks emerge upward in late spring, topping out at 3' tall. In mid August in NC,