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Asteraceae
Indian Summer Rudbeckia
Rudbeckia hirta 'Indian Summer'
Encouragement and warmth.
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Rudbeckia
- Native to
- North America, United States, Canada
- Bloom season
- Summer, Fall
- Type
- biennial
- Height
- 60-100 cm
- Sunlight
- full sun
- Soil
- well-drained, average
- Water
- moderate
- Hardiness
- 3-9
- Lifespan
- biennial to short-lived perennial
Did you know
- Indian Summer rudbeckia won the prestigious All-America Selections award for its outstanding garden performance.
- The flower heads can reach an impressive 15-23 cm in diameter, much larger than the wild species.
- The genus is named after Olof Rudbeck, a Swedish botanist who was a mentor to Carl Linnaeus.
- The dark central cone is not actually a single structure but a cluster of hundreds of tiny disc florets.
- Goldfinches and other seed-eating birds flock to the dried seed heads in autumn and winter.
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