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| I am so very sad. I've had several black-eyed susans in my garden 'oasis' for several years. I just picked them up at a local garden center, stuck them in the ground, and they were tried and true each year. About 3 feet tall, drought tolerant, masses of yellow flowers.
I moved them in teh fall, and it is now evident that I killed them :-(. I need these plants back in my garden, I just love them. At this time of year, do I do seed or plant? I'm sure that in the summer I could go the easy route and find plants at the store. Or are seeds possible at this point? I like the kind that are about 3 feet tall, not teh shorter ones, if that helps. Help. I"m mourning my black-eyed susans. ... |
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| Sorry to hear about your black eyed susans. I'm not sure which species you're talking about. I usually think of BES as Rudbeckia hirta, aka Gloriosa Daisy and other names I'm sure, which is a short-lived perennial. The longest I've had them live was 3 years, but often they don't make it over the winter. Rudbeckia fulgida is more perennial, also known as BES. But not very drought-tolerant in my garden and I've lost clumps of this due to drought. They were planted in the xeric garden and didn't seem well adapted to it. Also, I lost a couple to voles during the winter of 2010-11. |
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- Posted by dowlinggram 3 (My Page) on Sat, May 5, 12 at 18:32
| If you want a plant this year I'd go for the plant. Perennial seeds usually take until the next year to bloom unless you start them super early. Here's a suggestion--Get the seed and grow it in a small nursery bed and plant them out next spring and grow some annual rudbeckia (gloriosa Daisy)in your flower bed Some have flowers and height similar to brown eyed susans. Spring is the best time to transplant perennials. If they don't get their roots settled in before the ground is frozen you run the risk of them not making it. In spring when they show 3 or 4 inches of growth is the time to transplant |
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