Re: Rudbeckia
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- Subject: Re: Rudbeckia
- From: M* T*
- Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 02:55:12 -0400
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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