PlantsFlowers
Brown-Eyed Susan
Rudbeckia triloba
Chicago-region native. Suited to zone 6a.
A cloud of small fall daisies for a city lot
EasyFlowers
- Light
- Full sun–part shade
- Moisture
- Dry–medium
- Mature size
- 3–5 ft
- Spacing
- 18 in
- Bloom or harvest
- Flowers Jul–Oct
- How it spreads
- Short-lived, self-sows
- What to buy
- Plants or seed.
- When to plant
- Sow or plant in May. It returns from seed.
In the design
Easier in a tight yard than prairie dock, and it flowers the first year. Let a few heads stand for the goldfinches.
