Rudbeckia 'Prairie Glow'
Rudbeckia triloba

SKU # S124

Product Type: Seed Packet

Approximate Seeds Per Packet: 150

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Direct Gardening Association’s Green Thumb Award Winner

Lovely garnet, many-branched stems hold upright clouds of daisy flowers in hues of gold and mahogany. A "tip of the garden cap" to David Cavagnaro, who shared the seed of this Iowa prairie flower with us in 2003, today, it is widely available, even across the pond in England! A biennial to short-lived perennial that blooms summer and early fall. Self sows.

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Lifecycle: Perennial

Zone: 4,5,6,7

Size: 3-5' h x 2.5' w

Sun: Full sun to partial shade

Soil: Regular, moist, well-drained

Season: Summer to fall

Seed to Bloom:

Color: Mixed shades of red and orange, many with gold tips

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Sowing Instructions:

Depth: Just cover.
Sprout Time: 10-30 days from end of chilling period.
Starting Indoors: Start indoors 8 -12 weeks before last frost. Keep at 35-40°F for 2-4 months, then 60-65°F.
Starting Outdoors: Direct sow in fall for germination in springtime.

When to Set Outside

After last frost.

Placement & Cultivation

This North American native is great for attracting bees & butterflies and deer avoid it, making it a good choice for borders and meadow plantings and bird gardens, for goldfinches are known to enjoy the seeds. Deadhead or cut for bouquets . May require staking in especially windy locations. Divide every three years or so. Self-sows.
Final Spacing: 2'
Water Use: Medium Water Use
Watering Details: 1" a week. Tolerates some drought once established.
Soil pH: Prefers neutral but will tolerate slightly acidic to slightly alkaline
Fertilizer: Mix in about 2" of compost before planting, and top dress with an additional inch each spring.
Diseases & Pests: Avoid fungal troubles with proper spacing in a location with good air circulation. Snails and slugs might be troublesome with the seedlings. Sprinkle some crushed eggshells or iron phosphate pellets on the soil surrounding the plants.

Plant Description

Plant: Densely branched clumps of somewhat hairy purple stems with oblong, greyish-green, toothed, rough leaves often 3-lobed towards the bottom of the plant. Upper leaves generally do not have a petiole (stem) and are more rounded in shape.
Seeds: Flowers will develop into achenes, or 4-angled fruits, on seed heads.
When to Cut: Open flowers

Fun Fact

This biennial to short-lived perennial is native from New England west to Minnesota and south to Oklahoma.

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