Roundleaf Ragwort
Packera obovata
Roundleaf ragwort is one of spring's most reliable early bloomers for shade, opening clusters of bright golden-yellow flowers in April and May when most shade garden plants are barely awake. The blooms rise above a rosette of rounded, glossy leaves, creating a carpet of yellow that can light up a dark corner of the garden. It naturalizes steadily and fills in as a low evergreen groundcover between taller shade plants. Valuable as an early nectar source for queen bumblebees and spring-emerging native bees that need food while the garden is still ramping up. The foliage is evergreen, making it genuinely useful year-round as a ground layer in woodland and shade gardens. Few plants do more ecological work for less maintenance investment.
We grow a range of sizes and prices. Add the plant to your list, then pick your size when you visit.
Final price confirmed at pickup, depends on size and season.
- Thu, Jul 238 AM – 4 PM
- Fri, Jul 248 AM – 4 PM
- Sat, Jul 258 AM – 2 PM
A nursery-grown plant, ready for the ground.
Healthy, container-grown roundleaf ragwort propagated on-site at Hill House from regional genetics. Includes a one-page care card. We make every effort to supply plants as listed; occasionally we substitute a similar species of equal value.
- Sun
- Part sun
- Water
- Average
- Mature size
- 6"–1.5'
- Bloom
- Blooms April through May; evergreen rosettes provide ground cover year-round
- USDA zones
- 3-8
Pairs well with these.
Same light, same soil, same wildlife. Janet's picks to plant alongside roundleaf ragwort.
Or skip the guesswork.
Curated packages bundle 9–12 species that work together. One reservation, one pickup day, a printed layout map.
Butterfly Package
Host and nectar plants chosen to feed monarchs, swallowtails, and fritillaries spring through fall.
Hummingbird Package
Tubular-flowered natives that pull ruby-throats through your yard April through October.
S.O.S. Package
Save Our Songbirds, berry- and seed-bearing natives that feed nesting and migrating birds.