Exposure • Sun • Part sun

Critter Resistance • Deer Resistant

Nature Attraction • Butterflies

Attributes • Tolerates wet sites • Good Cut Flowers • Drought Tolerant

Water Requirements • Water weekly during dry spells

Rudbeckia triloba

Black-Eyed Susan

Well-branched plants produce masses of small yellow-orange flowers with a black eye. These native mini black-eyed susans naturalize well and tolerate some shade. Although biennial, plants easily reseed themselves and often flower in the first year.

Rudbeckia (rude-beck'-ee-ah)

Family: Asteraceae · Common Name: Black-Eyed Susan

Big, bold and colorful describe this group of summer and fall flowering plants. The flowers bear a brownish central cone surrounded by petals of golden-orange and deep yellow. Very drought tolerant. Use in borders and wildflower gardens.