Best Goldenrods for Home Gardens: Mount Cuba Trial Results Tell All
Episode 118
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Summary
In this episode, Sam Hoadley and I talk about the Mount Cuba trials for Solidago which evaluated how approximately 50 different goldenrod species performed in a garden setting.
Today’s guest
Sam Hoadley is the Manager of Horticultural Research at Mt. Cuba Center where he evaluates native plant species, old and new cultivars, and hybrids in the Trial Garden.
3 things you’ll learn from this episode:
- Some of the top performers from a horticultural perspective based on the results of the Mount Cuba trial garden studies.
- Some of the species which saw the highest insect visitation rates in the study.
- Some goldenrod species which saw very little browsing by deer in a partner project conducted by Temple University.
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