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Rudbeckia subtomentosa
(Sweet Coneflower)

Family - Asteraceae
Category - Perennial
Origin - Central USA
Season of Interest - Summer, Autumn
Hardiness - H6
Height - 1.2m

Description: A clump-forming Perennial with an upright habit and grey-green foliage. Bright yellow, daisy-like flowers, each with a purple-black cone at the centre, are liquorice scented and produced from late summer into autumn.

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Flower:

Daisy-like flowers are composed of bright yellow ray florets (petals) surrounding a central cone of deep purple-black disc florets. Flowers are produced from August to September and are sweetly scented.

Flower colour: Yellow

Flower shape: Daisy-like flowers, disc and ray florets

Flowering time: August, September

Foliage:

Grey-green foliage is ovate to lanceolate, often the leaves near the base of the plant are Divided into three lobes. Leaves are covered in fine, bristle-like hair.

Foliage Senescence: Deciduous

Foliage Shape: Lanceolate to ovate

Propagation:

Seed, division.

Cultivation:

Best in full sun in moisture retentive, but well drained soil.