Rudbeckia hirta 'Prairie Sun'
Family - Asteraceae
Category - Annual, biennial
Season of Interest - Summer, Autumn
Hardiness - H3
Height - up to 80cm
Location - The East Border, The Hot Garden, The House Border
Description: Annual or Biennial with an upright habit and mid-green, bristly stems and leaves. Bi-coloured daisy-like flower heads are bright yellow with a prominent golden ring towards the middle and a green central cone. Flowers are produced from midsummer into autumn.
Flower:
Daisy-like flower heads are composed of bi-coloured, golden and bright yellow ray florets (petals) surrounding a bright green central cone of disc florets. Flowers are produced from July into September, possibly later in a favourable autumn.
Flower colour: Yellow
Flower shape: Daisy-like flowers, disc and ray florets
Flowering time: July, August, September
Foliage:
Mid-green leaves are ovate to lanceolate. Stems and leaves are covered in fine, bristly hair.
Foliage Senescence: Deciduous
Foliage Shape: Lanceolate to ovate
Propagation:
Seed.
Cultivation:
Best in full sun in moisture-retentive, but well-drained soil.