Re: Rudbeckia

In a message dated 6/24/00 12:27:12 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
dsdavis@intop.net writes:

<< *Rudbeckia*   the blooms on
 these were as big as saucers    they remind me of black-eyed-susans, and
 I love them.   got to have some of these........................it's a
 must. >>

There are all kinds of Rudbeckias, Donna.  The much praised 'Goldstrum' is 
perennial, but for me it sure wouldn't qualify as having blooms as big as 
saucers.  More likely you have seen one of the new annual rudbeckia 
cultivars, like 'Indian Summer'.  They are truly magnificent.  You might get 
some self-seeding from them, but I don't know for sure--they could be 
sterile.  I saw a planting last summer that had a large bed fulll of just the 
purple verbena bonariensis and one of the rudbeckia big-flowered cultivars, 
and it was a fantastic combination.

Rudbeckias make pretty good cut flowers too.
Bill Lee

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