Re: grasses and rudbeckia and advice
- Subject: Re: grasses and rudbeckia and advice
- From: E*@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 00:00:10 EST
In a message dated 3/19/02 2:53:45 PM Eastern Standard Time, stevemh@gis.net
writes:
<< Hi,
I'm going to install a planting of ornamental grasses and Rudbeckias
this spring and could use some advice. I'm thinking of Rudbeckia
'Goldsturm' >>
Steve,
Also try Rudbeckia triloba which is a native plant. This is much taller than
Goldsturm and blooms into October, giving you a longer season. It is
biennial and seeds itself reliably, you will never lose it.
Also try Rudbeckia Indian Summer as this is much more beautiful than
Goldstrum but also biennial. I have not lost this plant since introduced, it
is often perennial here.
The thing with Goldsturm, don't buy seeds, you do need plants, is that it is
perennial very reliably. Goldsturm needs water to do well, the others
perform without watering.
Rudbeckia triloba is a bushy plant with millions of small brown eyed susans
and is sold by Gardens North, a Canadian firm with lots of zone 4 seeds.
Claire Peplowski
NYS z4
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