How to Grow Rudbeckia

Deep-yellow, daisy-like flowers on 2 1/2-foot stems make Rudbeckia a showy, summer-blooming perennial (meaning it grows back year after year) for the sunny garden.

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Choosing Rudbeckia

1. Look for Rudbeckia at nurseries in spring and summer, and into fall in mild climates.
2. Buy Rudbeckia in 4-inch to 1-gallon pots.
3. Choose healthy-looking plants with signs of new growth in leaf and flower buds; in fall, plants should still have green leaves.

Planting Rudbeckia

4. Plant Rudbeckia in full sun in well-drained soil.
5. Add a light application of organic fertilizer to the planting hole.
6. Set plants 1 foot apart.
7. Place plants no deeper than they were when growing in containers.
8. Mulch around but not on top of plants with 3 inches of organic compost.
9. Water well until soil is completely moist.

Caring for Rudbeckia

10. Cut off old flower stems at their base using bypass pruners; this will encourage more flowers.
11. Trim off old leaves in early spring using bypass pruners.

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