Rudbeckia, Black-Eyed Susan, Gloriosa Daisy 'Moreno'

LOVE this plant! This is a first-year plant in my garden, and it is absolutely covered with brown/orange huge flowers. Everyone who sees ...Read Moreit comments on it. The description Bluestone Perennials gives says that Moreno is short lived but reseeds itself. I hope this is true, because not only will I have some to keep growing, but all my gardening friends want some too!

When this was first growing for the season, I was not impressed at all with it but as it grew through out summer, it was better and better!

Please note that this is a review of a first-year plant. I don't have any information on spread or invasiveness yet, and I have not over-...Read Morewintered it. I'll try to come back and add further notes next season.

I planted 'Moreno' in my garden early this spring. It suffered fairly severe transplant shock and needed constant watering and attention, but rebounded nicely after a few weeks. It has grown steadily ever since. It is growing in full sun in moderately heavy clay soil

'Moreno' has a very upright and slender growth habit--plants are about 18" tall (first year) and only half as wide. Large, showy blooms began to open in mid-June for me (zone 5a). The plant is a real stunner and, if it continues as it has, will always have a place in my garden.

RUDBECKIA hirta Gloriosa Daisies- 'MORENO'. Plant 12" apart. z 3-8. A mahogany dwarf, 12", with orange tips on most petals. Very compact...Read More and branching.