Its blooms soar to the sky

Name: 'The Rocket' ligularia (Ligularia stenocephaia 'The Rocket')

Zones: 4 to 8
Size:Up to feet tall and 3 feet wide
Conditions: Partial shade; feetile, mois soil
Peak Time: Late summer through fall

The aptly named 'The Rocket' ligularia is virually indestructible if given moist ground and protection from the sun. In spring , toothed green foliage unfurls to form an attractive mound. Flowering begins in midsummer. Little golden daisies, opening from bottom to top, shoot upward like rockets to the sky.

My only complaint is that the plant spreads slowly.