If I remember correctly in my perusing of the internet. I believe there was quite an impressive native plant nursery in Texas. I had the http, but I deleted it because the plants would not fare well here - too cold. Do a google search for native plant nurseries in texas you will probably find it

If you can't find it from anyone else, contact me in the fall and I can either collect seed or dig some plants to send. It grows along the side of the road here. There is also alot of Queen Anns Lace and Ironweed if your interested.

Queen Anns Lace is NOT native in the US. It's native to Europe and Asia.

If you go to the link below and type in Texas, you can find native nuseries near you.

Here is a link that might be useful: wildflower center

Thank you for pointing that out to me.

Google the Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center. It's in Texas.

Thank you!!

I knew the Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center didn't sell seeds online, and only a few in their gift shop, but online they directed me to Native American Seed, which sells bundles of Tall Goldenrod roots!

If anyone else needs them, the link is below.

(ps--thank you, jim_6b for your kind offer, but hopefully this will work and I'll have pants this fall--if not, I'll definately take you up on your offer!)

Here is a link that might be useful: Native American Seed

If the pasture next to your yard had tall goldenrod, perhaps another pasture or roadside nearby still has it. Once you have identified the plant you want, you can dig a chunk of ground with the goldenrod in it, move to your garden, and you should have your own patch of goldenrod. Most of the larger field-growing goldenrods spread vegetatively - each plant produces new shoots to create an ever-expanding patch of goldenrod. This means that you can remove a part of the patch without doing much damage to the original patch.

I don't think you'll have any problem securing permission to dig a shovelful of goldenrod from private land. Its neither rare, delicate, nor worth much money.

Good Luck

Thanx...but...

Digging up anything, even if it's "neither rare, delicate, nor worth much money" I just don't do. Personal prefernece here.

Ummm...I can't find the patches-- they're already gone! Yup, the streets are being laid this week. And I don't know the landowner to ask them (and the guy in the bulldozer wouldn't count, even if he didn't immediately ask me to leave.)

So yes, I did need a different source other than the pasture near me.

I'd be glad to send you some. We have pastures full of it and won't miss a clump or two.

Be careful what you wish for. As you might have gathered from some of the responses here, tall goldenrond has a reputation for being a 'thug' in prairie/meadow plantings. For example, here is a quote (emphasis added) from the Prarie Nursrery website:

"Be careful if aggressive, weedy plants are located adjacent to your future prairie site. Some plants can creep into your meadow by means of underground rhizomes, while others have seeds that can blow in on the wind. Problem neighbors include Quackgrass, Smooth Bromegrass, Johnsongrass, Canada Goldenrod, TALL GOLDENROD, Canada Thistle, Grey Dogwood, Sumac, Buckthorn, Tatarian and Japanese Honeysuckles and Multiflora Rose, to name a few."

There are MANY goldenrod species out there, and not all are problematic. I have had no problems with showy goldenrod (Solidago speciosa), which re-seeds moderately to form nice clumps in my garden. As its name suggests, it is prettier than most other goldenrods including tall (IMHO).