Re: rudbeckia goldsturm
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- Subject: Re: rudbeckia goldsturm
- From: B* C*
- Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 17:50:14 EDT
>From: ECPep@aol.com
>Bob,
>
>Are you sure you have started with the true cultivar "Goldsturm'? I have
>several large patches of this plant and have never seen a seedling. The
>vegetatively propagated 'Goldsturm' does not produce fertile seed according
>to the catalogs. All of the other rudbeckias seed themselves here but not
>'Goldsturm'. I know there is a difference of opinion on what is the true
>plant however the 'Goldsturm' supplied by reputable nurseries will be
>absolutely identical, plant for plant. They can be mutiplied by division
>rather quickly but are always the same plant. Goldsturm requires more
>water
>than most rudbeckias to do it's best. Ruth Clausen on perennials says that
>what is offered as Goldsturm "strain" does not have the quality and
>uniformity of the the true selection. I have tried it both ways and the
>properly labelled plant is a superior garden plant.
>
>Claire Peplowski
>NYS zone 4
All I can tell you is that it was labelled Goldsturm when I bought it, all
three plants I got were exactly identical, and it looks like everybody
else's plants, also labelled Goldsturm, from various sources. They may all
have come from the same grower, though.
Bob Campbell
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