Rudbeckia triloba

In a message dated 4/3/00 1:18:21 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
SSaxton@Schwabe.com writes:

<< Just planted rudbekia lacinata (sp?) and triloba.  Any comments? >>

Rudbeckia triloba is a biennial here in zone 4, upstate New York.  This plant 
will seed around in cultivated beds quite a bit if allowed.  You can cut it 
down before the seed disseminates leaving a few for the next year.  

R. triloba grows about 3/4 feet high here and about as wide.  It bears 
millions of small black eyed susan flowers beginning quite late in the summer 
and lasting until frost.  If you can recognize the seedlings you can keep the 
amount you want which seems to be true with many valued self seeders.

Since this is a native plant I have been trying to distribute the seed in the 
field edges near me.  I have seen a few plants and hope more will appear.  It 
is very long blooming and provides late summer color.  One should watch the 
green mound of leaves after the first year as that mound of leaves will 
become huge in midsummer and crowd everything around it.  Allow it some space.

I have the seed originally from Gardens North, mentioned on this list for 
grasses earlier today. That and many more natives are listed in this catalog.

Claire Peplowski
East Nassau, NY
z4  

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