PlantsFlowers
Orange Coneflower
Rudbeckia fulgida
Zone 6a garden plant. Hardy through a Chicago winter unless the note says to pot it.
The gold daisy nurseries sell as Goldsturm
EasyFlowers
- Light
- Full sun–part shade
- Moisture
- Medium
- Mature size
- 2–3 ft
- Spacing
- 2 ft
- Bloom or harvest
- Flowers Jul–Sep
- How it spreads
- Clump, can seed
- What to buy
- A gallon plant. Goldsturm is the common form.
- When to plant
- Apr–May or Sep
In the design
Not a Chicago native. It is the reliable yellow daisy for a designed bed in zone 6a. Deadheading stretches the bloom. Leaving the cones feeds birds.
