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Golden Alexanders |
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Golden zizia |
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Golden Alexander |
Plant Habit: | Herb/Forb |
Life cycle: | Perennial |
Sun Requirements: | Full Sun to Partial Shade |
Water Preferences: | Wet Mesic Mesic Dry Mesic |
Minimum cold hardiness: | Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35) |
Maximum recommended zone: | Zone 8b |
Plant Height: | 12 - 30 inches |
Plant Spread: | 12 - 18 inches |
Leaves: | Fragrant |
Fruiting Time: | Summer |
Flowers: | Showy |
Flower Color: | Yellow |
Bloom Size: | Under 1" |
Flower Time: | Late spring or early summer |
Uses: | Will Naturalize |
Edible Parts: | Flowers |
Eating Methods: | Raw Cooked |
Wildlife Attractant: | Bees Butterflies |
Resistances: | Humidity tolerant |
Propagation: Seeds: | Self fertile Stratify seeds: Needs 2 months cold moist treatment. Needs specific temperature: Germinates best in cool soil. |
Pollinators: | Self Hoverflies Wasps Moths and Butterflies Flies Bees |
Trees are valuable and beautiful assets to the environment and to any landscape, and black walnut trees are no exception. They are lovely trees that provide delicious and nutritious nuts and one of the most valuable hardwoods. They are allelopathic, however, and many gardeners avoid them or get rid of them.
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Posted by Chillybean (Iowa - Zone 5a) on Aug 24, 2015 10:17 AM This was a surprise plant near our prairie patch this spring (2015). We had sown a seed mix the fall of 2013 and had to keep it mowed down the first year. Because of that mowing, very little went to seed and this was out of bounds of that area. We are not sure where this one came from, but are thrilled to have it. [ Reply to this comment | |
Posted by Cyclaminist (Minneapolis, Minnesota - Zone 5a) on May 3, 2015 3:44 AM Golden alexanders and its relative heart-leaved alexanders (Zizia aptera) are host plants for the caterpillars of the black swallowtail butterfly (Papilio polyxenes), which eat the leaves. These caterpillars will also eat parsley, even though parsley is not native to North America. Black swallowtail is a beautiful black butterfly with yellow spots and blue and red patches, and the caterpillar looks interesting, with black and green stripes and yellow dots. [ Reply to this comment | |
Posted by Catmint20906 (Maryland - Zone 7a) on Aug 2, 2014 8:32 PM Zizia aurea has special value to native bees. It is an important plant to a number of short-tongued bees who find the small yellow flowers easy to get nectar from. It attracts a number of bee species, including mason, bumble, sweat, yellowfaced, and small carpenter bees, as well as potter, paper, and mason wasps. [ Reply to this comment | |
Posted by ILPARW (southeast Pennsylvania - Zone 6b) on Feb 14, 2018 1:09 PM This nice, easy perennial is native from southern Saskatchewan to New Brunswick in Canada down deep into the US southward in meadows and swamps. It is a member of the Parsley (Carrot) Family. Its leaves are 3-parted and toothed. Depending on the latitude, it blooms about April--June. It is sold by many native plant nurseries and some larger, diverse conventional nurseries. I see it occasionally planted in a few gardens in eastern North America. It is not well-known by most of the general public. [ Reply to this comment | |
Posted by KFredenburg (Black Hills, SD - Zone 5a) on Jun 18, 2020 3:07 PM The genus is named for the German botanist Johann Ziz, who lived around the turn of the 19th century. [ Reply to this comment | |
Catmint20906 | On November 11, 2014 | Seeds sown |
Chillybean | On August 24, 2015 | Miscellaneous Event Leaves continue to grow; gathered remaining seeds before they all dropped or are eaten by birds. Will pass on to others. |
christine2 | On May 25, 2019 | Obtained plant 1 Native Plant Sale |
jhugart | On June 5, 2020 | Obtained plant Two plants purchased from Mother Earth Gardens in northeast Minneapolis. |
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