Growing coneflower

Cone-flowers or Rudbeckias are a well known genus of beautiful hardy perennial border plants primarily used in mixed flower borders. Absolutely great for cutting in the late summer and autumn.

Cone-flowers do well in ordinary garden soil and, consequently, growing them is easy – they also spread quickly. Because of this it is desirable to lift and divide the clumps which form every two or three years; it is also important to stake them as some of them grow very tall.

Propagation by seed sown in the early summer, or by root division from October to March, is remarkably easy and planting carried out from November to early April should meet with every likelihood of success.

What to Grow? A few pointers!

RUDBECKIA bicolor: Blooms from July to August and grows up to 3ft in height. Flowers; a lovely pale yellow with an outer circle of brown.

RUDBECKIA grandiflora: Bears large yellow flowers from July to September and grows 2ft to 4ft high.

RUDBECKIA maxima: If you really like tall flowers or have a wild area or maybe an established shrub border then this is ideal. Producing light lemon-yellow flowers in August and September it grows between 6 and 10 ft in height.

RUDBECKIA speciosa: A highly popular long flowering species producing large bright golden-yellow flowers surrounded by a dark – almost black – zone from June to October. It grows 2 to 5ft in height.

There are other species but the above should keep you busy for now.

NB> To avoid confusion please note that the plant Echinasea (Purple Coneflower)is of the same kinship as Rudbeckia, the difference being only the colour of the petals. Echinasea has rose or purple petals as opposed to the yellow/orange of Rudbeckia.

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