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Botanical Name
: Rudbeckia hirta
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Common Name
: Black-Eyed Susan
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Type
: Biennial. Has two-year life cycle. Grows only leaves first season from seed. Then in second season, blooms, seeds and dies with first frost. This speices sometimes performs as a Perennial in some area, as an Annual in others.
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Color
: Golden yellow with brown center
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Bloom Time
: Early and mid-season
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Sun/Shade
: Needs full sun.
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Soil Preferences
: Adaptable
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Moisture Requirments
: Average moisture, well-drained.
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Where To Grow It
: All regions of North America.
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Indigenous To
: Originally thought to be a native of only the No.Americans plains, but now thought to be native all the way from the plains to the Atlantic coast in the mid-Atlantic states.
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