The Plant Company

Bringing your garden to life

Contact

Telephone:
01403 740100

Email:
[email protected]

The Plant Company
Coolham Road
West Chiltington
Pulborough
West Sussex
RH20 2LH

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Opening times:
Tuesday-Friday, 9:00-17:30.
Closed public holidays.


 

The Plants

Rudbeckia fulgida 'Goldsturm'

black-eyed susan

Photo of Rudbeckia fulgida 'Goldsturm'

£9.00

Large, golden-yellow, daisy-like flowers with cone-shaped, blackish-brown centres from August to October. Looks great planted in bold drifts with other late summer-flowering perennials and ornamental grasses.

Type

  • Perennials

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Foliage: Deciduous

Hardiness: Hardy

Vigour: Fast growing

Uses

  • Beds and borders
  • Flower arranging
  • Cottage style garden
  • Contemporary style garden

Special features

  • Attractive to wildlife
  • Low maintenance
  • Drought tolerant
  • Ground cover
  • Attractive to bees

Care instructions

Grow in any moist, preferably heavy, but well-drained soil. Cut back to the ground in late autumn. Lift and divide congested colonies in autumn or spring.

Dimensions

Size: Small

Pot size: 2 litre

Eventual height: 60cm

Eventual spread: 45cm

Positions

  • Light shade
  • Sun

Aspects

  • South
  • East
  • West

Soil types

  • Normal
  • Clay

Soil pH ranges

  • Acid
  • Neutral
  • Alkaline

Special conditions

  • Coastal