Re: Rudbeckia
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Rudbeckia
- From: E*@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 10:41:39 EDT
In a message dated 6/28/00 5:20:20 AM Eastern Daylight Time, mtalt@clark.net
writes:
<<
Re: the wild R. hirta - I've had them in poor hot soil, mostly gravel
and in various decent beds and have not found them to be perennial or
even the 'b' word... >>
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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