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Black-Eyed Susan
  • Black-Eyed Susan
  • Black-Eyed Susan
  • Black-Eyed Susan
  • Black-Eyed Susan
  • Black-Eyed Susan
  • Black-Eyed Susan
  • Black-Eyed Susan
  • Black-Eyed Susan
  • Black-Eyed Susan
  • Black-Eyed Susan
Black-Eyed Susan

Rudbeckia hirta
$4.50
Description

A gorgeous and carefree native wildflower that easily self sows in the garden. It gets about 1-2 ft tall, bearing loads of yellow aster-like flowers with a brown central disc. Blooms from spring through fall. This is a perennial that reseeds easily. Pollinators love it! Occasionally flowers appear with red markings around the center. So lovely and cheerful!
Product details
  • About 500 tiny little seeds
  • 55 days
  • Seeds sourced from the Florida Wildflower Growers Cooperative
How to grow

Most native flowers are sown in the fall and winter months, but early spring is acceptable too. All weeds and other plants should be removed exposing bare soil. Broadcast seeds and rake in the bed to obtain good seed to soil contact. Light pine straw mulch is acceptable, but otherwise no mulch, as tiny wildflower seeds need light to germinate. Water in very well the first several weeks.

For more information visit the Florida Wildflower Foundation and The Florida Wildflower Growers Cooperative.

How to save seeds

Many wildflower seeds are easy to spot and gather, and nearly all will easily scatter and sow themselves year after year. So you may not need to save them, but let them scatter about on their own! But to ensure you have seed to share or plant elsewhere, there are some general guidelines for noticing when wildflower seeds are ready to gather.

After flowering, most will develop seeds that ripen in weeks to many months. They are ready to harvest when they become dried and brown, often easily falling out of their capsules and seed heads. Seeds on the same plant can ripen gradually over time and not all at once. You can place stems and seed heads in a paper bag and bring indoors to further ripen and dry.

For more information about collecting wildflower seed, read more at The Florida Wildflower Foundation.

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