These Rudbeckias are self-seeded crosses from Chim Chiminee, Prairie Sun, a/o Cherokee Sunset.
Some Rudbeckia
background plant is an artemisia (ghost plant)
weird
Definite Chim Chiminee lineage
Also Chim Chiminee influence
zinnia type flower
kind of a dahlia flowered specimen
both with green eyes
close up
solitary
mixed pic
Real nice J. I had the dark weird ones in my Chim Chiminee last year.
j., love your varieties of rudbeckias. Especially the crosses in the first photo.
Just wondering~~
Do you grow your rudbeckias from collected seed?
Do yours self seed?
I try to start some of mine from wintersowing purchased seed (Prairie sun and Indian Summer). But I also purchase a few plants early in the summer.
Mine don't seem to want to return from year to year or self seed for me...
Really beautiful! I see some of mine has self seeded - I have baby plants all over the place, and I can't wait for them to flower. LOL! I just really like their friendly faces.
Elsa
This year's crop of Rudbeckia are all either self-seeded or possibly over-wintered. Usually a few survive the winter but most succumb to heaving due to temperature variability. I let the flower heads mature naturally and inevitability seem to get a bumper crop of seedlings therefrom each spring (often it's necessary to thin some out). Each year the resultant offspring present unique characteristics from natural crosses that happened the previous season.
Ah, I love rudbeckias! Yours are gorgeous. Some interesting crosses!
I just planted rudbeckia hirta 'Moreno' this year, and it's really delivering. This one's a keeper. I hope it comes true from seed.
KaylyRed, I just love that color! Would love to grow some of those.... :)
E
I've got to get some rudbeckia 'Moreno' too. They would be so pretty with my Indian Summers. Adding it to next year's wish list now! Love your crosses Elsa--too bad they aren't sold in stores.
jmorth, that's really a bright, cheerful collection. Very nice!
Kayly your Moreno is beautiful.
Ooooooooh!!! I especially love "solitary". You should propagate and market that one! What do you want for a few seeds ?- not that they won't have turned into something else entirely.
Send me a d mail in the fall and I'll gather some seed for you.
Thanks jmorth, I definitely will! And I'll send you a list of seeds I've collected at the same time, in case you want any.
This is my one hybrid - it's a cross between Goldilocks and a Black Eyed Susan I think - it's a big yellow single.
Nice bee there too Al.
multiple plants
unique perspective
That's a really interesting contrast with the artemisia, jmorth. I love the darker, autumn-colored rudbeckia like yours. Beautiful!
I'll have to try the Moreno you've highlighted.
BEAUTIFUL!!
I had 1 plant last year, now it is taken over the driveway garden
It has traveled into the veggie garden, and all the way out back...
I only allow the marrows to do that - I think I'll move some up top.
When do these things bloom? I'm new to rudebeckia. Bought two at Home Depot last year. They made it through the winter and are now about 2 ft tall again, lush foliage, but no buds or blossoms. It is early July. How long must I wait until those large yellow blooms occur? Is this an autumn bloomer?
Jim
Merchantville, NJ
Zone 6a
I think it depends on the sub-species and variety. My rudbeckia hirta (the kind with the slightly hairy foliage) is blooming now. R. fulgida is in buds and probably won't be in bloom for another week or two from the looks of it. (This is r. fulgida 'Goldsturm.' http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/53325/) So yep, some rudbeckia bloom in late summer and autumn. Nice thing about 'Golsturm' is that it keeps blooming right up until the first frost. I'm a big fan.
big flower
another big
Rudbeckia visitor - American Snout (Libytheana carinenta)
Bi-colored single with a single colored double.
from ground level
view from rudbeckia standpoint
Great pictures! I especially like the ground level view.
Wow, jmorth...I think I have a serious case of garden envy. Beautiful!