Rudbeckia, Black-Eyed Susan, Orange Coneflower 'Goldsturm'

This is a very common perennial in the East and Midwest USA, sold at most any garden center. I think this cultivar from an eastern Ameri...Read Morecan species was developed in Germany. Very reliable and easy to grow and to dig up and divide. This form spreads fairly quickly by underground rhizomes. It can push other plants out or move into places one does not want it. It blooms from about mid-July to early September.

i have no idea what cultivar exists in my gardens. i do like the way it has taken on a shale slope where even yucca struggles. it has gr...Read Moreown and bloomed well where ever i plant a piece. clay, rocky (sand mound), wet, dry, sun, shade.
it is a bully and will spread into other planting such as ground phlox, but all you have to do is chop/pull them out.
the blooms are a welcome brightness during late summer when most other plants are done.

Good for late season color, Will spread if you let it. I just dig up the babies and move them.

I've had this plant growing in a narrow bed beside my sloping concrete driveway, in full, all-day sun for about five years. It loves hea...Read Moret, does fine with rain and an occasional watering during droughts, and likes a little compost. Sawflies knock it back once in a while and, during very wet years, it tends toward leaf fungus. I just cut back the bad foliage. Other plants doing very well in the same long bed include Russian sage, cone flower, iris, daylilies, purple heart, yarrow (achillea), chrysanthemums, sedum, gallardia, and northern sea oats. Across the driveway it is growing with all of the above plus sage, rosemary, oregano, canna, sedum, lambs ears, dwarf barberry, variagated euonymous, four o'clocks, roses and clematis. My only complaint: Once established this variety seems to bear smaller blooms every year. However, I deadhead in the spring and sprinkle the seed in the same place, so what I have now may not be what I started with!

Spectacular plant, when in bloom. Bought at the nursery last year and planted them in september, plants didn't have any flowers as they w...Read Moreere in their first year. They sprouted this year after the spring bulbs died, late in the spring. Plant itself is not very attractive, and I would suggest planting something about 1-2 feet high in front such as Zinnias or lilies to hide the foliage if you wish. Rudbeckia Goldsturm started blooming mid august for me, in heavy clay soil with only rain water. Even though plants were not in full sun, in fact getting about 3 hours of mid day sun, they bloomed profusely. Plants getting less sun were short and with few blooms and more susceptible to earwigs and slugs, so lots of sun is important. However even in less than ideal conditions plants are dependable and gorgeous (check picture). Highly recommended, unbeatable long lasting Yellow golden 5 Inch flowers with black centers

I've had this plant for a couple years now at the front of my driveway. It's gotten to be quite large and I love it. It's covered in fl...Read Moreowers and is quite stunning. It does spread so I'll have divide it next year. It can take heat and humidity quite well considering mine sits near a baking driveway all morning during the summer.

I planted these bare root divisions in April. By July they are approximately 2 feet tall and bushy, with blooms. The leaves stay spotty...Read More and the blooms are small. The blooms just don't have a lot of punch for the size of the foliage (which is huge). I have ripped them out and plan to find something more showy that can earn its keep better.

black eyed susan comes in many varieties and in alot of places grows as a wildflower as it does here in new england, you have to be picky...Read More about what variety you are purchasing as many will give a few small and ratty looking flowers and are not really worth putting in your garden.....they will also overseed alot onto your lawn (what a nightmare).
I tried a few plants before i found one i actually liked.
So far this variety is showing nice flowers and keeping to the garden, but i also keep up with deadheading asap.
Wtih as many that are availble as wildflowers on the side of the road- makes me think that some nursuries are selling those wildflowers?!?

help please, I planted about 15 bare root black eyed susan in May 2007, only 2 sprouted, but no flowers. Will any of the others come up...Read More next year? I wrote the nursery I got these from and they are shipping me some more. It is now November and we are getting frost and set for some snow. What can I do with the bare roots to protect them through the winter? Plus I am being shipped some daylilly bulbs.

I would love this plant but I have had continual problems with fungal leaf spot disease. This is the only flower in my garden that seems ...Read Moreto succumb to this fungal disease in my garden, despite my best attempts to erradicate it and plant Goldsturm in sunnier locations.

Thrives in my very dry soil and the flowers are huge - at least 5 inches across. Self sows a bit but not invasively. Blooms for several w...Read Moreeeks from late summer into fall.

I don't know why but I love this flower. When it is in bloom I see it everywhere on the side of the roads. Wonderful wildflower.

I placed this in a part sun - part shady spot and it did pretty well. However, I had to be very mindful to water it regularly or it star...Read Morets to wilt. We'll see how it does in its second year. It makes for nice cut flowers.

Although I love this plant, I have had recent problems with Angular Leaf Spot forming on the leaves. I have had to take 5 plants back to...Read More the nursery. There seems to be no solution to this disease. The best to do is obtain a different cultivar of rudbeckia.

When it grows well, it's a fantastic and beautiful plant.

I've just moved to this area, after spending 55 plus years of living and growing flowers and veggies in Fl. I'm having a bit of an info. ...Read Moreoverload when it comes to what will grow and survive the Winters and the growing conditions as well as the soil here in my new area. The Black eyed Susan is one of the plants that I see growing and prospering as I drive through the new area. It is definitely one of the plants that I will add to my new growing areas. Belle P. Patrick, SC.

I was given a clump of these from my mother-in-law's garden when I established my own here in zone 5. I planted in full sun in moist but ...Read Morewell drained soil. They continue to florish as they have for 7 years in the same location. Last spring I transplanted a clump from my original patch to another area of the garden and they appeared to take off just as well. No real care other than to cut down and remove dead foliage in late fall.

Grows in sun to partial shade, actually. Very vigorous grower and yet has a somewhat compact habit. Seeds attract birds and flowers att...Read Moreract butterflies. It will not tolerate soggy soils.

From paghat.com... The variant that became 'Goldsturm' was first noticed by Heinrich Hagemann in 1937 while visiting a Czecklosovakian nursery, where he spotted & purchased an unusually bright specimen of R. fulgida var. sullivantii. Bringing this find to his German employer Karl Foerster, it was propogated as a unique strain, & in 1949 entered the nursery trade under the name 'Goldsturm,' which means "Golden Storm."

A striking plant that seems to have no drawbacks at all. Grows about 3 ft. tall and blooms for a long time.

I like the way this plant self sews. I started with a few I purchased from a nursery. They are growing and spreading in full sun mid-day;...Read More partial sun morning and afternoon. They are on a slightly sloped bank, so get good drainage. They seem to be very drought tolerant. To propagate by seed is challenging though, as their seed are very small and there is a lot of chafe. But the young self-sewn starts transplant well.

this is one of the plants i started with as a new gardener. she grows beautifully, can tolerate drier conditions once established. i ha...Read Moreve moved, cutback, transplanted, mailed and given away a lot of goldstrum. i have her in full sun and part sun where she thrives. i put some into a dappled shade condition this past spring and she got flowers, but didn't thrive as elsewhere.
i had planted it next to some foxgloves and the slugs ate all the foxgloves but one and did not touch the black-eyed susan.
she is a beautiful flower that looks good in a single clump, lined up along a driveway, or in a mass planting.

Great plant in the Midwest (U.S.); with the use of MiracleGro will reach plant heights of 5-6 feet.

Great wild flower: variable petal sizes, good grower, nice flowers.