Solidago caesia Jonas Meyer and edged crisply in white

and edged crisply in white

'Welch's Pink' is that plant

The species grows wild in meadows

tree-like frame reaching fifteen to twenty feet

mint-family stems

Solidago caesia Jonas Meyer and edged crisply in whiteBlue stemmed goldenrod is the goldenrod for shade. Where most of the clan demand open sun, Solidago caesia threads through the dappled light of the eastern woodland, arching slender, blue purple stems that carry small, brilliant yellow flowers packed into the leaf axils, so the bloom runs the whole length of each stem like a garland. That habit gives the second common name, wreath goldenrod, and the late summer to autumn color arrives just as the