Re: Rudbekia "Indian Summer"


To those still interested,

I did hear back from the Horticulturist at Powell Gardens (KC's botanical
garden), Alan Branhagan.  He said they treat "Indian Summer" as an annual
and grow it from new seed each year.  In our area, according to Mr.
Branhagan, it is rarely perennial.  A little disappointing, but it adds new
interest to the Rudbekia seed starting thread!

Bob, Linda, and "Jake Divine"
NE Kansas
Zone 6a


At 03:49 PM 5/11/99 -0500, you wrote:
>How timely - I've spent a good portion of my spring looking for *Indian
>Summer*!! Mine from last year didn't come back - but then I divided it
>and moved it in August to our new house - pretty stressful!!  I
>*settled* for *Goldstrum* last week, and low and behold I found *Indian
>Summer* today at a roadside stand.  I find *Indian Summer* to produce
>superior flowers to *Goldstrum* - but that's just my opinion.
>
>At my OLD house, I couldn't get it to NOT come back.  Every year it was
>bigger and better than ever.  I mulch it with leaves very heavily in
>fall and had never had a problem until this year.
>
>All the best of luck with it - I LOVE it - can you tell?
>
>Pat Mitchell
>zone 5 SE Wisconsin
>pattm@execpc.com
>"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do
>nothing." 
>-Edmund Burke
>
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