Heterotheca villosa - HAIRY GOLDEN ASTER
Long blooming perennial for dry soil. Regular clumps, hairy stems and daisy-like flowers with many petals and a sage-like scent.
The flowers are ¾ to 1½ inches across and are bright yellow. Offers very good pollinator support and provides an excellent food source for many species of bees. It's a very drought tolerant plant that's perfect for dry rock gardens, sandy soils, pollinator and native gardens, sunny borders, and naturalizing in dry areas. It grows in clumps and will readily self-seed.
Also known as Chrysopsis villosa, Hairy False Goldenaster, or Prairie Golden Aster.
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Blooming Time: July to September
Size: usually about 2’-2.5’ tall x 1.5’ wide (some subspecies of different origins can be taller)
USDA Zones: 3 to 8
Culture: full sun, half-sun, well drained soils, not too fertile, sandy, gravelly, rocky, poor and shallow soils, xeriscapes, preferably drier and drained soils; it won’t overwinter well in heavy soils
Moisture Needs: dry, medium-dry
Origin: native wildflower found in states from Canada to southern California and Baja California; east to Texas, Nebraska, and Wisconsin; south into Coahuila and Nuevo Leon in northeastern Mexico. See USDA distribution map.
Deer/Rabbit Resistant: yes / yes
Attracts Butterflies or Pollinators: Offers nectar and pollen. Very good pollinator plant for many long-tongued and short-tongued bees, many flies and beetles, one wasp species, and the Painted Lady Butterfly.
Attracts Hummingbirds: no
Pot Size: square 3.5" x 5" deep pot
Heterotheca villosa - HAIRY GOLDEN ASTER
Long blooming perennial for dry soil. Regular clumps, hairy stems and daisy-like flowers with many petals and a sage-like scent.
The flowers are ¾ to 1½ inches across and are bright yellow. Offers very good pollinator support and provides an excellent food source for many species of bees. It's a very drought tolerant plant that's perfect for dry rock gardens, sandy soils, pollinator and native gardens, sunny borders, and naturalizing in dry areas. It grows in clumps and will readily self-seed.
Also known as Chrysopsis villosa, Hairy False Goldenaster, or Prairie Golden Aster.
Picture copyright: US perennials nursery
Blooming Time: July to September
Size: usually about 2’-2.5’ tall x 1.5’ wide (some subspecies of different origins can be taller)
USDA Zones: 3 to 8
Culture: full sun, half-sun, well drained soils, not too fertile, sandy, gravelly, rocky, poor and shallow soils, xeriscapes, preferably drier and drained soils; it won’t overwinter well in heavy soils
Moisture Needs: dry, medium-dry
Origin: native wildflower found in states from Canada to southern California and Baja California; east to Texas, Nebraska, and Wisconsin; south into Coahuila and Nuevo Leon in northeastern Mexico. See USDA distribution map.
Deer/Rabbit Resistant: yes / yes
Attracts Butterflies or Pollinators: Offers nectar and pollen. Very good pollinator plant for many long-tongued and short-tongued bees, many flies and beetles, one wasp species, and the Painted Lady Butterfly.
Attracts Hummingbirds: no
Pot Size: square 3.5" x 5" deep pot