The showy starburst shape of the tiny flowers makes an attractive feature in the landscape.
It has been known to also survive under light shade tree canopies.
For best results, ensure your plants are kept consistently moist during the growing season.
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Fertilizer
Fertilization is unnecessary for wildflowers such as golden alexander.
Adding fertilizer may make wildflowers leggy and weedy.
Pruning
Golden alexander does not require much pruning.
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Simply trim the stems at the base clump after the plant has flowered.
you could also remove any unwanted seedlings while they are small.
But if you want to increase your supply, golden alexander can be propagated by division in early spring.
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You may be lucky to find seeds from a specialist native plant nursery.
Clip off seed heads in the late summer and early fall when you see them.
To start the seeds indoors, do these things.
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Potting and Repotting Golden Alexander
Golden alexander makes an attractive addition to acontainer garden.
The plant’s medium texture can be balanced with finer and coarser textured plants surrounding it in a pot.
Plant in any bang out of container with drainage holes and filled with fresh potting soil.
When the plant outgrows its pot, transplant it to a new container that’s about 2 inches wider.
Fill it with fresh potting soil before tranferring the plant to its new home.
Water regularly until well established.
Overwintering
Simply cut back golden alexander to just above its crown in the fall before the winter.
This can be done if planted in a pot or ground.
Goldealexander will revive itself in the springtime.
However, because these plants tend to bolt with reduced summer foliage, it doesn’t attract problems.
Golden alexander is a hardy perennial and not difficult to naturalize once it’s established.
Golden Alexanders also do not flower in the summer like wild parsnip.
Queen Anne’s lace has white flowers that differ from golden alexander’s yellow blooms.
Golden Alexander provides beneficialfood to pollinators, specifically the black swallowtail butterfly and the woodland swallowtail butterfly.
Planting golden alexander attracts these caterpillars early in the season so they won’t be a problem.
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Queen Anne’s Lace.
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