Rudbeckia

(Rudbeckia hirta) Rudbeckias are cheerful, bright, long-lasting in the garden and vase and keep on blooming and blooming through light frosts. This particular variety is 2-3’ tall and stunningly covered with long stems ranging from single (rarely) to double to almost mum-like density 3-5” blooms in autumnal hues of gold,...

(Rudbeckia occidentalis) “Petal-less” might be a tough selling point for a flower cultivar, but this unique rudbeckia shines in garden borders and as bouquet filler. In place of the more typical ray flowers, this elongated coneflower has a collar of upswept green petal-like sepals. Native to spongy meadows and stream...

Rudbeckia triloba, native to the central-eastern United States, is the wild, untamed cousin of the rest of the rudbeckias we sell. Rather than a tidy 30” tall rosette of orderly long-stemmed blooms (like the others), ‘Prairie Glow’ bursts forth in heavily branching tangles of wiry stems and 2” blooms, sometimes...

(Rudbeckia hirta) Brian has long been an adoring fan of this variety for its joyously sunny disposition. Blooming until frost (which can come so late many years), they are a source of sunshine amidst the grey skies and die-down of the fall fields. Sturdy rosettes of fuzzy grey-green, lanceolate leaves...

(Rudbeckia hirta) Sahara is a favorite among cut flower growers with velvet brown centers and the muted colors of antique rose and honeyed caramel straight through brilliant pinks, oranges, yellows, and mustards. Most of the flowers are doubled and include a few fluffy scabiosa type puffs with stems reaching 16”...