Exposure • Sun • Part sun

Soil Moisture Needs • Dry • Average

Critter Resistance • Deer Resistant

Nature Attraction • Butterflies

Season of Interest (Flowering) • Summer • Foliage

Bloom Color • Yellow

Attributes • Fragrant • Tolerates wet sites • Salt Tolerant • Drought Tolerant • Long Blooming • For Bird Lovers • Good Cut Flowers

Water Requirements • Adapts well to dry or moist conditions

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Riverbend Nursery (M.S.)

Rudbeckia fulgida 'Goldsturm'

Black-eyed Susan

This hybrid of a North American native has 3-4" flowers with golden-yellow petals radiating from a black center. Flowers create a glorious display of color in summer. Suitable as a cut flower or massed in the border. 1999 Perennial Plant of the 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.