Rudbeckia - (R. Hirta) Black-eyed Susan.
Family: Asteraceae
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TOTO - BLACK-EYED SUSAN
(P/A):
Rudbeckia hirta. 75 days.
Heat tolerant; thrives in full sun. Zones 4-9. Ht. 8-10". |
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RUSTIC COLORS - BLACK-EYED SUSAN
(P/A): Rudbeckia hirta. 120 days.
Multi-colored blooms Bright golden-yellow to mahogany. Heat and drought
tolerant. Hardy in USDA zones 4-9. Ht. 24-30" |
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Indian Summer
(P/A) Hardy
in USDA zones 4-9. |
| In his Species Plantarum (1753)
book, the Swedish naturalist
Linnaeus described and named the flower Rudbeckia after Olav
Rudbeckia and his son,
both professors at the University of Uppsala, and hirta from the Latin
word meaning
"rough hairy". |
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