Golden Glow - help
Victoria Lee
I have a plant that is commonly called a Golden Glow. It's about 5' -
6' tall, with the brightest yellow flowers I've ever seen, the flowers
have heads similiar to very full mums. The lady who gave me my start
was 94 years old and she had brought her plant here 50+ years ago. I
remember as a child seeing these plants in a garden, but until I found
them in this lady's garden I hadn't seen them anywhere. Another woman
in her sixties remembers them as a child. I have the plant and this
year I am planning to give it to a couple of garden club members to try
to get it started back in the area. Does anyone have any information on
this plant?
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Lee - Indiana - Practice random acts of kindness and senseless beauty.
Jean P Nance
"Golden Glow" is a fine old fashioned flower, it was in our garden
when I was little, and I am 76. I have a book "The New Garden
Encyclopedia", falling to pieces but still one of of our best
reference books on gardening. This is part of what they say about
Golden Glow.
This popular, somewhat course, hardy perennial with abundant
yellow double flowers is a variety (hortenisia) of Rudbeckie
laciniata, a species of coneflower. Growing to a height of 6 feet
or so, it is best used in the background of a perrenial border.
It prefers sun but will thrive in any garden soil. The flowers
are good for cutting, from July until October.Plants are easily
grown from seeds or cuttings. Large clumps can, and should be
divided from time to time. "
THere is more, about pests and their control. Hmm. I notice
I misspelld the variety up there. It is "hortensia". The plant
is tough and can be invasive, but a couple of specimens belong in
any old fashioned garden.
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lfandjg
Up here in northern MN it seems that just about everyone has a patch of
golden glow growing somewhere on their property. Until 2 yrs. ago when
we got interested in gardening, I hadn't even noticed the large patch of
golden glow growing between the edge of my yard and the manure pile.
Heaven only knows how long it's been there. I've owned the place for
nearly 20 yrs, and the flowers were well established when I arrived.
Now that it has finally occurred to me to acknowledge the existence of
these and many other beautiful flowers growing around me, I can tell you
that golden glow requires absolutely no care whatsoever (obviously) once
it is established. In my yard it grows in mostly shade and somewhat
damp conditions. It is close to the (horse) manure pile (perhaps
explaining why it flourishes with no help from me). And it makes great
long lasting cut flowers.
I have also seen golden glow thriving in full sun and dry locations in
others' yards.
It's a great plant. I'll see if I can't come up with a scientific name
for you.
Best of luck,
LF
lfandjg
Victoria Lee wrote:
>
> I have a plant that is commonly called a Golden Glow.
Does anyone have any information on
> this plant?
I just looked up the possibilities for 'Golden Glow' in the online plant
databases. Here's the info I managed to acquire. I think the golden
glow we have up here in MN is the helianthus variety ...
"Helianthus
"Golden Thin-Leaved Sunflower"
Helianthus decapetalus
H. decapetalus (golden thin-leaved sunflower)
A wild relative of the cultivated sunflower, the golden thin-leaved
sunflower is a clump-forming perennial of sunny open
woods and stream embankments from Maine to Minnesota and southward to
North Carolina, Kentucky and Missouri. It
grows from 2 to over 5 feet tall with numerous yellow flowers, 2 to 3
inches wide, that bloom at the tops of thin, branching
stems from late summer into the fall. From this native species gardeners
can select double-flowered forms; among the most
popular is H. decapetalus 'Multiflorus', sometimes called golden glow.
The double forms rarely produce seeds, but like the
original species, spread rapidly from underground creeping roots,
establishing new colonies in a short time and, if they are
not kept under control, can soon take over a clearing.
HOW TO GROW. The golden thin-leaved sunflower grows in Northeastern
Coniferous Woodland and Deciduous
Woodland environments. It does best in moist soil of pH 5.5 to 7.0, with
full sun. Propagate by dividing root clumps in the
spring or by sowing seeds in the fall or early spring, covering them
with 1/2 inch of soil. Thin or transplant seedlings to
stand about 1 foot apart.
Rudbeckia
"Orange Coneflower"
Rudbeckia fulgida 'Goldsturm'
R. fulgida (orange coneflower); R. laciniata (cut-leaved coneflower); R.
nitida (coneflower)
The distinguishing characteristic of Rudbeckia coneflowers is their
color, always a shade of yellow with a dark center.
Outstanding, easy-to-grow varieties are 'Goldquelle', a 2 1/2-foot plant
that bears lemon-yellow heavily petaled double
flowers 3 inches or more across in late summer and early fall, and
'Goldsturm', which grows 2 feet tall and bears 3- to
4-inch golden-yellow flowers from midsummer to midfall. An excellent
descendant of the old-fashioned cut-leaved
coneflower is the 4- to 5-foot variety 'Golden Glow', whose heavily
petaled 3-inch bright yellow blossoms appear in late
summer and early fall; it spreads rapidly and should be planted where it
will not encroach upon neighboring plants.
HOW TO GROW. Coneflowers thrive in Zones 3-10 in well-drained soil and
full sun, but tolerate light shade. Space plants
12 to 15 inches apart. Propagate by clump divisions. To prevent
overcrowding, divide clumps every other year of flowering."
Victoria Lee
lfandjg wrote:
> I just looked up the possibilities for 'Golden Glow' in the online plant
> databases. Here's the info I managed to acquire. I think the golden
> glow we have up here in MN is the helianthus variety ...
I think this is what I have, too. People keep telling me they think
it's a Rudbeckia but it just doesn't seem right to me. I even took it
to the local extension office and they sent it to Purdue. I got a
letter saying it was something and about a week later they sent me a
letter saying they were wrong and asking me to send them more of the
plant. I didn't have it then, but I will this year.
BTW - Are seeds sold up there for the Golden Glow?
Pat Kiewicz
In article <335BEF...@scican.net>, hax...@scican.net says...
'Golden Glow' is also a name for an old variety of Tickseed (coreopsis).
I remember the name from a book on heirloom flowers. I believe one
of my neighbors (an elderly lady) has this growing by her mailbox.
I missed the original post, so I'm not sure if this information is
useful to you.
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Pat in Plymouth MI
lfandjg
> >
> >BTW - Are seeds sold up there for the Golden Glow?
Up here, everyone just seems to have it growing in their yards. Since
I'm not even positive as to the flower's identity, I'm afraid I have no
way of knowing if it's available as seed through any source. Sorry I
can't be any more help than this. If I can remember, I'll carefully
study the flowers this summer and see if I can't come up with a
positive, irrefutable identity.
LF
Neil Walsh Allen
In article <335A0A...@scican.net>,
Victoria Lee <hax...@scican.net> wrote:
>I have a plant that is commonly called a Golden Glow
<snip>
Does anyone have any information on
>this plant?
>--
>Lee - Indiana - Practice random acts of kindness and senseless beauty.
This is the variety hortensis -- a double form -- of Rudbeckia lancinata, cutleaf coneflower. It
used to be extremely popular, "especially on farms" according to Jean Hersey, but later fell out of
favor. I believe Katherine White speaks up for it in Onward and Upward in the Garden. I'm fairly
certain that it's an American native pairie plant.
Glad to know it'sstill around and people enjoy it
Neil