Botanical Name: Rudbeckia hirta
Common Name: Black-eyed Susan, Gloriosa daisy
Type of Plant: dicot: perennial
Character evergreen
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape upright, much branched plant forming a clump of thick stems; short-lived perennial
Height 3' - 4'
Spread 3'
Growth Rate rapid
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoors half-shade to full sun
Soil any soil not waterlogged
Hardiness hardy
 
Morphology:
Leaves lanceolate to oval, fuzzy dark green; long petioled; sometimes coarsely toothed
Flowers daisy-like, orange yellow rays, purplish brown cone-like disc
Fruit small achenes
 
Propagation:
seed
 
Usage:
good meadow or wildflower plant; works well as a back-ground in perennial beds and as a bright accent plant
 
Landscape Care:
Watering average watering
Fertilizing low nitrogen feeding monthly or at planting
Pruning head back hard after blooming
Pests/Diseases aphids, caterpillars
Special Conditions/Other Central
 
Origin: North America
Family: Compositae

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