Re: Rudbeckia
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Rudbeckia
- From: D* S*
- Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2000 16:36:43 -0400
What about "Gloriosa Daisies," aren't they a perennial Rudbeckia of some
sort? Not something I'd grow myself, but I have seen them in public
landscapes and in catalogues where the flowers are quite large.
Dean Sliger
Warren, Michigan, USA
Zone 6B
On Sat, 24 Jun 2000 08:21:21 EDT Blee811@aol.com writes:
> 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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