Re: Rudbeckia
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Rudbeckia
- From: G* O*
- Date: Sat, 01 Jul 2000 07:33:37 -0400
Have been on vacation for a week, just catching yup. Marge, how do you like
your R. nitida? I'm trying it for the first time this year..The plant is
very vigorous, but not blooming yet.
Gerry
At 02:55 AM 6/29/00 -0400, you wrote:
>Most interesting, Claire...had never paid enough attention to notice
>this as I don't actually "grow" them on purpose, except for R. nitida
>'Herbstonne', who is decidedly perennial ...will give this a try next
>time I find a baby in the late summer...
>
>Dean, did you delete? :-)
>
>Marge
>
>Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
>mtalt@clark.net
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>> From: ECPep@aol.com
>> Date: Wednesday, June 28, 2000 10:41 AM
>>
>> On most rudbeckia (Dean, delete here) if you allow the seedlings
>to start in
>> late summer in dryish, very well drained soil, the plant will
>behave
>> biennially and bloom the following year. Growing this way will get
>you a
>> more vigorous plant, more flowers. Indian Summer will do this in
>zone 4,
>> also a rudbeckia triloba, a late summer blooming unusual plant. R.
>triloba
>> (called million flowers around here) is a black eyed susan with
>thousands of
>> smaller flowers coming into bloom around Labor Day here. It is a
>superior
>> cut flower lasting many weeks in water.
>>
>> Almost none of them are, Goldsturm excepted, are long lived.
>>
>> Claire Peplowski
>> E. Nassau, NY z4
>>
>>
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