Rudbeckia  

Rudbeckia, also known as Black-Eyed Susan, is a showy, summer-blooming herbaceous perennial suitable for the sunny gardens, adding bright, long-lasting color to any perennial gardens. Plants make a bushy, upright clump with daisy-like flowers with golden yellow petals and brown or green centers that are either domed or flat. A perfect choice for mass planting, looks good in flower beds and meadow gardens and shorter forms do well in planters, attractive to birds, bees and butterflies, Rudbeckia combines well especially with ornamental grasses. The long, strong stems make Rudbeckia an excellent flower for cutting and also a good dried flower so you can enjoy them indoors as well as out in your garden

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