Prairie Glow Brown Eyed Susan (Rudbeckia Triloba) – 1 Gallon Pot

USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 4a-8b (3-9?)  Find Your Zone

Plant Type:  Herbaceous Perennial 

Flower Color:  Orange Rays with Yellow Tips and Brown Center Cones

Flower Size: 1.5″

Flowering Period:  Mid-Summer through Mid-Fall

Flower Type:  Daisy

Fragrant Flowers:  No

Foliage Color:  Green

Fragrant Foliage:  No

Berries:  No

Berry Color:  No

Attracts:  Butterflies, Visual Attention

Resistances:  Cold Temperatures (-30F / Zones 4-8), Deer, Disease, Heat, Humidity, Insect, Rabbit

If you’re in to the natural, wildflower look, and like plants with a long bloom period, Rudbeckia triloba ‘Prairie Glow’, commonly known as the Brown Eyed Susan, is a must-have North American native biennial plant that will freely naturalize along sunny woodland borders or in meadow or wildflower gardens. From mid summer to mid fall this flower factory produces LOADS of cute bicolor coneflowers with petals in shades of orange to red tipped in golden-yellow surrounding a contrasting, deep brown to black center cone. Expect to see many variations of the color shades on the plant at the same time. The butterflies and other beneficial pollinators are sure to appreciate the late season flowers. The leaves of this species are thinner than other Rudbeckia, some being 3-lobed, hence the species name. If you’re using it it a natural area, make sure to leave some spent flowers on the plant in the late season for the birds, and for self-seeding that will result in more and more plants every year that goes by.

The Brown Eyed Susan Daisy is very easy to grow in most any moist but well-drained soil of average fertility and in full sun to mostly sun. We suggest at least 6 hours of direct sun per day for best flowering and overall performance. Deadhead spent flowers to encourage additional bloom and/or to prevent any unwanted self-seeding. That said, this biennial will freely self-seed if spent flowers are not removed. But reseeding is a desirable thing when growing it in meadow and wildflower gardens.