Exposure • Part sun • Sun

Soil Moisture Needs • Average

Growth Rate in the Garden • Fast

Critter Resistance • Deer Resistant • Rabbit Resistant

Nature Attraction • Butterflies

Season of Interest (Flowering) • Fall • Summer

Bloom Color • Yellow

Attributes • Good Cut Flowers • Tolerates wet sites • Long Blooming • Container • Drought Tolerant • For Clay Soils

Water Requirements • Water weekly during dry spells

Rudbeckia hirta 'Irish Eyes'

Rudbeckia hirta 'Irish Eyes'

Gloriosa Daisy

Flower heads are composed of bright yellow petals surrounding a green center. Superb when massed in the border or wildflower garden. These cheery, easy-to-grow plants belong in every sunny garden.

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.