One of my all-time favorites.
I'll start with the first one to open in the yard this year.
Show us your Gloriosa Daisies!
Rudbeckia - Variety is ChimChiminee.
Self seeded from last year's Rudbeckias-
jmorth,
What is the plant behind the Rudbeckia, with the soft ferny foliage and the delicate cuplike flowers? Nice combination.
raydio- Very pretty plant in among the grasses.
This one survived the winter - Cherokee Sunset.
California Poppy
jmorth,
Thanks for the quick answer. The California Poppy is an annual? I've tried poppies from seed and didn't have much luck. Did you purchase the plant or is it from seed?
Rudbeckia 'Hot Chocolate'
Rudbeckia 'Goldilocks'
Rudbeckia 'Maya'
The California Poppy is from seed sown in place 4-11-06. The variety is 'Apricot Flambe'. Seed supplier was valueseeds.com which seems to be an offshoot of T & M. Yes, it's an annual. They sometimes self- seed here.
Cherokee Sunset just now opening up for me.
Love your pics of your gloriosas, raydio, dmj and jmorth.
I wintersowed rudbeckia hirta--three kinds, I think--- and can't wait for them to bloom--still a week or two away.
In the meantime, my 'prairie sun' from last year is beginning to bloom with my eremurus 'cleopatra' and coreopsis 'early sunrise'. A fun combination
Lovely combination, Tabasco!
Robert.
My Autumn Colors is open now.
Either self sown or of the Chimchiminee tribe of Rudbeckias.
I'm thinking this one was self sown or may have overwintered because it was a relatively speaking, early bloomer.
This one was definately self sown.
Cherokee Sunset
First Maya.
A more mature Chimchiminee (eariler featured in 2nd photo above).
and, one more...
J - what ones do you get to self seed?
I have a few of those kinds for later in the summer.
This all began with Cherokee Sunset, Chimchiminee, and Prairie Sun a couple of years ago. I think the self sown seed has often been crossed by pollenators as evidenced by the 2:43 entry above. It appears to contain traits from Cherokee Sunset and Chimchiminee.
Beautiful Rudbeckias, everybody.
Most of mine are late this year, but they'll show.
This is the same kind as the first pic. I used to have (and may still have) a lot of different ones from reseedings thru the years. I really like the doubles! Each year brought different looks in them as they crossed with abandon. It was always a surprise to see what was new for the season.
Robert.
Praire sun
two unknown names..I love the sunny bright colours of Rudbeckia..I have lots of different ones ..mostly from reseeding themselves.
another one
Here is my patch of Black Eyed Susan's that reseed themselves quite well.
Very Pretty
Starzz~
Love that double!
Robert.
Thanks Robert ...I do too..it is quite different.
I love the self-seeding gloriosa daisies - I consider them perennials in my garden. This year I had an interesting variation pop up. It has kind of flat and spooned petals with green stripes. When it is done blooming it forms a kind of dusty purple fuzzy pincusion that looks like an unusual flower. It is likely a virus or something, but I love it and I hope it comes back!
couple of variations - self seeded
a rudbeckia with shastas
another variation - I particularily like this one's unique color
Even ugly ducklings have there admirers. This rudbeckia is some unhealthy mutant.
Not really a gloriosa daisy - this is rudbeckia submentosa "Henry Eiller's". Very tall - 4'
I've got get me some of those 'Prairie Sun'! Gorgeous!
Here's mine, which was supposed to be Rudbeckia hirta 'Mixed', but obviously I got all of one kind.
The Prairie Sun is not quite as hardy as the usual Rudbeckia..according to the tag. The first one I ever had didn't overwinter..but I tried again and this one came back fine. It is so beautiful it is worth giving it a try.
I just found a site that gives info on it..and says it might come back but it is best treated as an annual.
http://www.whiteflowerfarm.com/77672-product.html
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