The Black-Eyed Susans are still blooming quite happily in my garden. They’ll probably be one of the last flowers to stop blooming. I love their brilliant yellow color.
The clump in the photograph is approximately two and a half feet wide and stands about two and a half feet tall. It would be even larger if I’d let it, but I had to pull out some of the new growth that was beginning to interfere with other plants. They’d take over the garden if I’d let them!
It’s going to be very cold tonight (7 Celsius or 44 F). I hope we don’t get a frost!
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Here it is Wednesday again. I had a lot of choices for this week’s letter but decided to go with genus Rudbeckia, one of the several genera referred to commonly as Coneflowers. These are great plants for the garden as they are tough, free flowering and mostly reliable perennials. . . .
This bug is not related to saving seeds other than it is sitting on a plant I hope to save seeds from. Mostly I just thought it was cute. I had 2 Rudebeckia and a Coneflower that I wanted to try to get seeds from but I have a feeling none of this is seeds.
I followed the directions on several seed saving websites and this is what I got. Does this look like seeds at all? It looks like trash to me. I really want to participate in the seed trade but nobody needs to trade for trash. . . .
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Two summers ago, we stopped near our house to dig some wild Black-Eyed Susans growing in the ditch by the side of the road. They were always so thick and beautiful until the county decided to mow them down. That's when we decided to 'relocate' some of them to our gardens where they would be better appreciated rather than cut down in the prime of their lives. . . .
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Indian Summer Black-eyed Susan Rudbeckia hirta 'Indian Summer' (rud-BEK-ee-a) (HER-tuh)
This is a Black-eyed Susan that has huge flowers. They are up to several inches across. It is sometimes listed as an annual, biennial or perennial. My plants are on their second year so the jury is still out on that. I have a lot of seedlings so even if they die out this year I will have something. It gets quite tall (3 to 4 feet) and has a spread of about 18 inches.
It is named after one of my favorite times of year, Indian Summer.
Great Coneflower Rudbeckia maxima (rud-BEK-ee-uh) (MAKS-ih-muh) Asteraceae (ass-ter-AY-see-ay) Synonyms: Great Rudbeckia, Dumbo's Ears, Cabbage Leafed Coneflower
This is a fun plant for a tough area or the back of the border. It has large bluish leaves that can grow up to 18 inches long. Later in the season the flowers shoot out on tall (5 to 7 foot) stalks. The central cone (which is only partially developed in this photo) is 2 to 3 inches tall. . . .
Not much is going on that isn’t the same for all gardeners: snow gone, ground drying up, warmer temps, shoveling the ground for the first time this season, planting, weeding, mulching....
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In what has come to me as a shock, I have discovered a real boomer of a story. This explosive new evidence shows us that the founder of the Nobel Peace Prize, Alfred Nobel is connected to Rudbeckia Hirta, or the beloved . . . (planted almost everywhere I go), Black-eyed Susan. . .
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You can’t really call this a Black-eyed Susan since it has a green eye. There seems to be some debate about its hardiness. I planted a couple last year and they were very floriferous but I will have to wait to see if they come back next year. Gets up to 36 inches tall.
Thankfully there are flowers that wait till end of summer to bloom, Rudbeckia is one of these. When the flower garden begins to look ragged and bare, these start to slowly unfurl its happy yellow petals. The nasturtiums behind them are all self seeded, and I welcome them as well, they bring color to the garden again.
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While I was grabbing a couple plants at the local wholesale nursery I came across this great coneflower. I have already discussed Razzamatazz and Sunrise Coneflower here and I have also been growing Fatal Attraction, Sunset and Meadowbrite. These new ‘Cones’ are great but they seem slightly more apt to some fungus on the petals. . . .
This is a great plant for the back of the border. I must admit I am having a torrid love affair with the genus Rudbeckia. They are so giving without being demanding. This particular type is very tall but doesn’t need staking, a big plus to me. It really doesn’t need much care at all. It always seems to come back and bloom heavily. My initial experience with it was in a wet area and that worked well. I have since used in a couple of the other borders. You have to like yellow though. One of this plants other common names is Wild Golden-Glow. It is a bright intense yellow and I think it stands out even more because of its height (which is about 6’). With pruning off the spent flowers it can easily bloom well into September and even to frost.
I adore perennial black-eyed susans. They are hardy, reliable, cheery, and easy to grow. When I learned that an annual variety exists, I couldn’t think of any reason a gardener would grow them. Why fuss with new plants every year, when you can plant the perennial flower to enjoy for many seasons? Still, I was curious, so I bought a packet of seeds. . .
I grew these one year and they are still coming back! Very, very invasive. -OR
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A shot of my garden along the garage. You can see Purple Coneflowers, Black Eyed Susans, off to the right are my hot chili peppers and in the very back behind my glass ball are the currant bushes.
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I have to ask myself, just who is in charge in my garden? These Black-eyed Susan’s (Rudbeckia hirta) are growing by the front walk. Once again, like the bee balm in my previous post, I didn’t plant them there. They chose their spot, and there they are, providing a bright display on a hot, summer day. . .
They are taking over my gardens too! -OR
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This perennial bed is currently on fire with an unknown Rudbeckia. I bought it the first year we lived here. It was of questionable hardiness as it died back and never reappeared in the spot that I planted it in. It is a rather tall flower and I had it towards the center of the bed. Apparently, it is a little claustrophobic as it has rampantly reseeded itself all along the edges. It is pretty so I leave it alone. . .
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My green-eyed flowers do look like "Prairie Sun" http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/54909/index.html. After more research, it looks like this is a newer introduction than the old-fashioned 'Irish Eyes' http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/49951/index.html. Prairie Sun is the same species as the black-eyed Susan, Rudbeckia hirta, but a different cultivar. It also looks like it will be an annual in my zone (6a). A description I found "The single, daisy flowers are a unique combination of gold and primrose yellow. ‘Prairie Sun’ is the first Rudbeckia with this pattern and a lime green central cone. Slightly later to flower than the old-fashioned ‘Irish Eyes,’ ‘Prairie Sun’ flowers prolifically from mid-summer until the plant is killed by freezing temperatures. The variety is distinctive from a distance due to the lighter pastel flower colours. ‘Prairie Sun’ offers all of the fine Rudbeckia qualities such as tall plants easily grown with little pest damage. ‘Prairie Sun’ is best grown as an annual." Thanks for the help in identifying this plant.
Popped over to Buchanan's at lunch to see about something to put under the new trellis. I love buying plants for the front garden because I can buy small and cheap and have pretty good faith that it will not get trampled by dog or get too little sun!
Garden Obsession's gone shopping again!
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In what has come to me as a shock, I have discovered 
