Golden Grounsel Blooming Now.

Golden Groundsel, Packera obovata.
This lovely perennial groundcover forms a rosette of oval leaves in early winter and blooms in late winter and into early spring.
It can colonize a large area and prefers moist shade or semi-shade remaining green most of the year.
The bloom stalk is about twelve inches tall topped with a cluster of yellow daisy like flowers that announce the arrival of spring and provide early nectar for butterflies.
This is a very charming plant that deserves a special place in the native landscape.

Close up of flowers.

Woodland shot of a lovely clump at Molly Hollar Wildscape.

What a lovely begining to spring.
C

Thank you Cheryl I really love that plant, and so carefree too.

It's beautiful, Josephine. Thanks for sharing with us.

Carla

mm yellow... I like yellow flowers.

love it! It would look great in the bed I have right now with daffs, hellebores and texas scarlet Quince. Thanks for sharing!

Josephine, the ones you gave me at the fall RU are doing great and are getting ready to bloom. I had them covered with leaves all winter, and when I raked the leaves back I found that they had spread a bit, so I should have a nice look clump soon.

Thank you everybody, I wish I had enough to give some to all of you, but little by little we will get it spread around, it is such a lovely plant, I think everyone should have it.
Dennis, I am glad they are doing well for you, they are so easy and so pretty.

Lots of this on the property next door to me. Or rather, there was a lot of it on the property next door to me. Now there is a new "Family Dollar" store being built and they've wiped out literally every living green thing over there, including lots of Green Milkweed (Asclepias viridis). Their concrete destruction (construction) zone stops about 40 feet from my property line, so there might be some Golden Groundsel that will survive in there. Ah, progress....

Dale Clark
Dallas County Lepidopterists' Society
www.dallasbutterflies.com

Yes, it is sad that in order to build we destroy in the process.
Maybe you can salvage some from there.

That must feel sad to see all that bulldozed. I have been eyeing for years some tiny daffs that come up in a piece of land for sale right at the entrance of my subdivision. I am tempted to dig a clump up but am not sure if it is kosher.
Josephine...I can wait patiently for my little Golden Groundsel. I am glad to know it exists.

I will do my best Anna.

I admit I have taken abdoned plants before, not kosher but I did it.
C