Rudbeckia Indian Summer
Rudbeckia hirta
These large golden-yellow petals surrounding a dark center to make a 4-7” wide single to semi-double bloom. This flower will add beauty to your garden and cut flower arrangements mid-summer through fall. This plant attracts a variety of pollinators and repels deer. Plants are salt, heat, and drought tolerant and seeds freely sow.
Seed Count: approximately 50 seeds
Plant Height: 24-30”
Light Requirements: full sun
Soil Preference: moist, well-draining soil, tolerates poor soil, pH 6-7
USDA Zones: 3-9 (annual)
How to Grow
Germination: 7-14 days at 65-75F soil temperature
Seeding Depth: ¼-½” depth, darkness required for germination
Plant Spacing: 18”
Days to Maturity: 90-110
Early-Season Seeding: Starting your seeds indoors is recommended. Start seed indoors 8-10 weeks before the last frost date, transplant after the danger of frost has passed. Direct 2 weeks before the last frost date.
Late-Season Seeding: Start seeds indoors or direct seed outdoors at least 14 weeks before your first fall frost date.
Growing Tips: Pinching is not necessary to promote multiple stems. Deadheading increases bloom production later in the season.
Cut Flower: Flowers can be harvested when the petals are beginning to expand. Vase life will last 7-10 days if you add a few drops of bleach to the vase water. If drying, harvest when a majority of the flowers are open and hang upside down in a dry place out of direct light for 2-3 weeks.
Photo by @carolabartz
Rudbeckia hirta
These large golden-yellow petals surrounding a dark center to make a 4-7” wide single to semi-double bloom. This flower will add beauty to your garden and cut flower arrangements mid-summer through fall. This plant attracts a variety of pollinators and repels deer. Plants are salt, heat, and drought tolerant and seeds freely sow.
Seed Count: approximately 50 seeds
Plant Height: 24-30”
Light Requirements: full sun
Soil Preference: moist, well-draining soil, tolerates poor soil, pH 6-7
USDA Zones: 3-9 (annual)
How to Grow
Germination: 7-14 days at 65-75F soil temperature
Seeding Depth: ¼-½” depth, darkness required for germination
Plant Spacing: 18”
Days to Maturity: 90-110
Early-Season Seeding: Starting your seeds indoors is recommended. Start seed indoors 8-10 weeks before the last frost date, transplant after the danger of frost has passed. Direct 2 weeks before the last frost date.
Late-Season Seeding: Start seeds indoors or direct seed outdoors at least 14 weeks before your first fall frost date.
Growing Tips: Pinching is not necessary to promote multiple stems. Deadheading increases bloom production later in the season.
Cut Flower: Flowers can be harvested when the petals are beginning to expand. Vase life will last 7-10 days if you add a few drops of bleach to the vase water. If drying, harvest when a majority of the flowers are open and hang upside down in a dry place out of direct light for 2-3 weeks.
Photo by @carolabartz
Rudbeckia hirta
These large golden-yellow petals surrounding a dark center to make a 4-7” wide single to semi-double bloom. This flower will add beauty to your garden and cut flower arrangements mid-summer through fall. This plant attracts a variety of pollinators and repels deer. Plants are salt, heat, and drought tolerant and seeds freely sow.
Seed Count: approximately 50 seeds
Plant Height: 24-30”
Light Requirements: full sun
Soil Preference: moist, well-draining soil, tolerates poor soil, pH 6-7
USDA Zones: 3-9 (annual)
How to Grow
Germination: 7-14 days at 65-75F soil temperature
Seeding Depth: ¼-½” depth, darkness required for germination
Plant Spacing: 18”
Days to Maturity: 90-110
Early-Season Seeding: Starting your seeds indoors is recommended. Start seed indoors 8-10 weeks before the last frost date, transplant after the danger of frost has passed. Direct 2 weeks before the last frost date.
Late-Season Seeding: Start seeds indoors or direct seed outdoors at least 14 weeks before your first fall frost date.
Growing Tips: Pinching is not necessary to promote multiple stems. Deadheading increases bloom production later in the season.
Cut Flower: Flowers can be harvested when the petals are beginning to expand. Vase life will last 7-10 days if you add a few drops of bleach to the vase water. If drying, harvest when a majority of the flowers are open and hang upside down in a dry place out of direct light for 2-3 weeks.
Photo by @carolabartz