You need the white boneset drift to complete the picture in the last one. Or maybe something similar like Pycnanthemum flexuosum up front. Throw in something really obnoxious like pasture thistle or pale indian plantain.

Skip1909 except for the thistle I have all that. I don't do thorns at home. More white would certainly be nice. It would be very easy to gather copious seed heads of the Boneset to toss in there and plant sprigs of the Pycnanthemum. Both of those bloom with the goldenrod. The Pale Indian Plantain is already in seed dispersal stage.

There is white Frost Aster, Symphyotrichum pilosum and New England aster in there, but they don't hit full bloom until after the goldenrod is done. You can see a bit of Frost Aster starting in the bottom right by the rickety split rail fence.

Yeah the roadside masses of boneset and goldenrod are a sight to behold this time of year. Euthamia will be blooming at the same time as the late asters if you have room for it and want to keep the show going. Liatris scariosa is blooming right now if you can find some and want color accents to co-occur with your goldenrod. It looks good as is with the ironweed.

Verbena bonariensis?

A very healthy patch of Verbena bonariensis appeared IN the roadside vegetable garden just behind the goldenrod this year. I let it grow and leave it to set seed. Verbena and wild parsnips.

Rudbeckia triloba, Rudbeckia Autumn Sun and Limelight hydrangeas would be beautiful.

I have the Rudbeckia triloba, Rudbeckia Autumn Sun and R. fulgida. I should do some seed collecting and tossing for that strip of goldenrod. Just pulling the goldenrod will help make room for more interesting wild flowers. I have done that in the past and slacked off the last couple years.

I have to give the Hydrangea some thought. It would need to go on the slight rise behind the vegetable garden where there is more room, but that could look awesome this time of year as a backdrop.

I just pulled out a bunch of wild goldenrod from my yard. I love goldenrod, "Fireworks". It's a beautiful sight planted with red persicaria and jeanna phlox..

There are four, possibly five species of goldenrod in the gardens here. S. canadensis is the most aggressive and the one that wants to push everything else out to form monocultures. I have been pulling a lot of that the last few years, just not in the strip along the scenic byway in front of the vegetable garden.

In the bigger picture from inside of the entire space that thin strip isn't so bad. Still I could make it nicer for what people can see when passing by. I got to pull the goldenrod.

My vegetable garden is even a bit on the wild side.