Exposure • Sun • Part sun

Soil Moisture Needs • Average

Growth Rate in the Garden • Fast

Critter Resistance • Rabbit Resistant • Deer Resistant

Nature Attraction • Butterflies • Songbirds

Season of Interest (Flowering) • Summer • Fall

Bloom Color • Yellow

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

Water Requirements • Water weekly during dry spells

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Riverbend Nursery (M.S.)

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.