Anise-scented Goldenrod (Solidago odora)

Anise-scented Goldenrod (Solidago odora)Hardy, North American, herbaceous perennial Bears clusters of tiny yellow flowers held on multi branched stems in late summer; dark green, lance shaped foliage releases anise fragrance when bruised Origin: United States Native from New Hampshire to Florida and west to Texas, this showy, fragrant leaved perennial goldenrod is well behaved and does not spread aggressively like others of its genus. It was included as Solidago anisatum in a list of plants

and remarkable stories of the lives of former slaves and their descendants after Monticello

this eastern North American native is very desirable in the shade garden

and Poplar Forest

Spellberg compellingly recounts how a handful of the Founders

attracts bees

avoid direct

dark bluish-green needles and solitary

he doubled the size of the United States and sent Lewis and Clark to explore it

remove spent flower stems to encourage leaf growth

The 584 documents in this volume cover the period from 19 January to 31 August 1817

ISBN-13:  978-0691137711

including the experience of those who served in the Union Army in the Civil War