Showy Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia fulgida) 1 GAL

Showy Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia fulgida) 1 GALA. k. a. orange coneflower*. A showy Rubdeckia that stays comparatively short and can tolerate some dry conditions. Bloom period lasts for roughly two months from midsummer to early fall, but a second bloom can be encouraged with deadheading. Reasonably drought tolerant once established. Light: Full Sun Soil Moisture: Wet Mesic, Mesic, Dry Mesic Soil Type: Loamy, Rocky Height: 2' 3' Bloom Color: Gold Bloom Time: July Sep Root Type: Rhizome Notable

Notes: Easily distinguished from other Amelanchier by the fine fuzz on the underside of new leaves

Width: 3’-12’

with edible berries and bunches of small

prickly seed pods may require cleanup when trees are planted in lawns

Plants do self pollinate

Readily eaten by grazers

Fruit: Yellow/green crabapples are not sweet

including foxes

Flowers are said to smell like strawberry or pineapple

Occasionally browsed by turkey and mammalian herbivores

Thomas Rainer and Claudia West

Supposedly not appealing to deer because of it’s strong tasting foliage