One in an occasional series of guides on growing popular plants. Other guides include azalea, redbud, Lenten rose, peony, elephant ear, coleus, lantana, coneflower and savory calamint. A common name ...

Planting rudbeckia, with petals aglow in honeyed yellow, fiery orange and velvety burgundy, is like sprinkling sunshine throughout the garden. Also known as black-eyed Susan, these beloved North ...

WHAT: Rudbeckia fulgida Goldsturm, also known as Goldsturm coneflower, is a native North American perennial. The golden daisies with dark brown centers stand upright and make wonderful cut flowers.

Next year will be a horticultural occurrence or phenomenon I don’t ever remember happening. It is going to be like the gold rush, except this time to get an award-winning plant. We can credit Brent ...

Some gardeners are snooty about yellow. I used to be one of them. Even before I started gardening I was off yellow. As a fine-art student I arbitrarily decided to give yellow a miss for a whole year ...

This native plant may catch our eye while traveling throughout the mid-Atlantic as well as across the nation in mid to late summer. Seen in many gardens and along roadsides, the Rudbeckia is a summer ...

Abundance seems too mild a word for the crowd of flowers on Rudbeckia fulgida var. sullivantii 'Goldsturm,' the black-eyed Susan that was named and chosen for the . The sturdy, 2-by-2-foot plant ...

Despite the oppressive heat of late summer, when we all wilt, the brilliant yellow daisy flowers called black-eyed Susan’s (Rudbeckia) and annual sunflowers (Helianthus) are in full glorious bloom, ...

The Perennial Plant Association has announced its perennial plant of the year for 2023 and the honor goes to — ta-da — a black-eyed Susan, Rudbeckia ‘American Gold Rush.’ You may not think this is a ...

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