Solidago odora (Sweet goldenrod)

This sweet-smelling, clump-forming goldenrod has sprays of blooms in early fall that will attract a great diversity of native bees and other pollinators. It has the classic goldenrod look, but does not spread aggressively like some of its look-alikes. Goldenrods are wrongly accused of being a common cause of seasonal allergies. Their pollen does not blow in the wind; on the contrary, it is sticky and transported by pollinators. Likes dry to average moisture, reaches 3 feet and blooms in August-September. Deer do not like it.