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Rudbeckia
Rudbeckia is a sunny border perennial or annual grown for bold daisy flowers in yellow, bronze and amber tones. It brings strong late-summer colour and works especially well in prairie planting, pollinator-friendly borders and cutting schemes.
Basic information
Category
Flowers
Lifecycle
Perennial (short-lived)
Hardiness
Hardy
Planting partners
0 companions · 0 crops to avoid
Growth profile
Germination window
7–14 days
Germination temperature
18–22 °C
Plant spacing
40 cm
Row spacing
50 cm
Sowing depth
0.5 cm
Height
90 cm
Spread
40 cm
Calendar
JJan
FFeb
MMar
AApr
MMay
JJun
JJul
AAug
SSep
OOct
NNov
DDec
Sow Indoors
Sow Outdoors
Plant Out
Flowering / Harvest
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Care tips
Plant rudbeckias in full sun with reasonable moisture through summer, especially while they are establishing and flowering heavily. Deadhead if you want a tidier longer display, or leave some seedheads for autumn structure and birds, and divide perennial kinds when clumps become congested.
Common pests
Aphids, powdery mildew, slugs on young growth.
Companions
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Don’t grow with
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