PlantsFlowers
Black Eyed Susan
Rudbeckia hirta
Chicago-region native. Suited to zone 6a.
Fast first-year color
EasyFlowers
- Light
- Full sun
- Moisture
- Dry–medium
- Mature size
- 2–4 ft
- Spacing
- 18–30 in
- Bloom or harvest
- Flowers Jun–Sep
- How it spreads
- Biennial / short-lived reseeder
- What to buy
- Plug or division for reliable residential establishment; seed for larger restoration areas.
- When to plant
- Apr–May; late Aug–Sep, finishing about six weeks before the first frost.
In the design
Leave some stems and seedheads through winter; divide or thin only when needed.
