What do you do when you’ve staked native plants and they go dormant? My goldenrods grew to 7-8 feet and when it snowed they bent over. Should I keep them staked or just let them fall over?
Sorry if this has been asked before).
Pics of them now, in the snow, and in the summer.
Thanks!
by CaliDreaminSF
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Just let ‘em fall over. As an herbaceous perennial, the above ground part of the plants — which you have staked — die back to the ground in winter. The plants will grow new shoots in the spring.
Just as others have said, you just let them fall over. I have goldenrods in my backyard as well (they sure are beautiful). I read somewhere that some pollinators still rely on the dead stalks for a variety of reasons, so it’s best to just let nature do what it do.