Packera aurea
Golden Ragwort
This easy-to-grow flowering groundcover offers early spring blooms of yellow daisy-like flowers and year-round lush green foliage.
Description:
This versatile and easy-to-grow flowering groundcover offers early spring blooms and year-round lush green foliage. Small, yellow daisy-like flowers create a burst of color in March and April. Flowers are attractive to early emerging bees and butterflies. Large plantings create a stunning carpet of yellow in early spring! Once the flowers die back, the basal foliage continues to provide a backdrop of green. The plants form compact colonies in moist, shady or semi-shady locations. Use as a living mulch beneath your summer blooming flowers, shrubs and trees. Semi-evergreen foliage provides winter interest. Great choice for rain gardens, woodland gardens, along freshwater stream beds and lining shady borders. Golden Ragwort is native to New Jersey, with a range that extends throughout the northeast.
Wildlife Value: Provides cover for beneficial insects including fireflies; offers nectar to native bees.
Plant Details:
Other Scientific Names: Senecio aureus
Other Common Names: Golden Groundsel
Plant Type: Flower, Perennial, Groundcover
New Jersey Native: Yes
Bloom Times: Spring
Bloom Colors: Yellow
Attracts Pollinators and Wildlife: Bees and Other Pollinators, Butterflies
Hardiness Zone: 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b
Physiographic Region: All Regions in NJ
Soil Characteristics
Soil Type: Loam, Organic, Sandy, Clay
Soil Moisture: Moist, Wet
Soil pH: Acidic, Slightly Acidic
Light Needs of Plant
Optimal Light: Partial Shade
Light Range: Full Sun, Partial Shade, Shade
Water Needs of Plant
Soil Moisture: Moist, Wet
Drought Tolerance: Medium
Size and Growth Rate
Height: .50 - 2.50 ft
Spread: .50 - 1.50 ft
Growth Rate: Fast