Goldenrod in July
This goldenrod is blooming one month earlier than it typically does. Here in the north, goldenrod is ubiquitous and abundant. I associate it with autumn, when it paints our roadsides golden for most of the month of September (which means it starts blooming right at the end of August). For me, it has always been one of the early signs (along with sumac leaves) of our starting to tip towards fall. So…goldenrod in July.what does it even mean? Is autumn right around the corner? Will it still be blooming in September and October? If not, what will our bees then use to fill out their winter reserves? My head is spinning with questions.
goldenrod (Solidago)
koyaanisqatsi means “life out of balance” – a remarkable film
Bright and cheerful, but definitely too early. I’ve noticed that some things bloomed early this year and others are on their regular schedule. Its all quite disconcerting. And it does leave us pondering, anxiously, about so much of our natural world…
The Joe Gardener Show podcast on 7/18/24 was an interview with Oliver Milman, author of “The Insect Crisis: the fall of the tiny empires that run the world”. The podcast and/or the book might interest you.
It is probably Solidago juncea, Early goldenrod. It blooms before the other goldenrod species, and is right on schedule.