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Giant Black Eyed Susan
Rudbeckia maxima
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4-6’ tall x 18-36" wide. This isn’t your typical black-eyed Susan! Rudbeckia maxima is extremely tall and adds drama to sunny wild or meadow plantings as well as enlivening traditional cottage or formal gardens. A beloved native of the midwest, the blue-green paddle-shaped foliage lends terrific textural contrast to gardens filled with green, and is also called 'cabbage leaf coneflower' for this reason. Yellow coneflowers with large black seedheads emerge on tall stems in mid-summer and create an airy, wild effect. A low maintenance perennial, Rudbeckia maxima will do well in average soils with average moisture, but thrives in a consistently moist environment. It can be grown in part-shade, but bloom will be lessened. Leave the flower stalks to dry in place and you’ll attract a host of finches in the early autumn, as well as encourage reseeding next spring.
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Overall rating: 3.6666667 / 5 from 6 reviews.
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Did not grow
"Arrived dead looking, didn't come back."
Small but growing
"I've been adding more natives to my garden and this is one I've been wanting. It came healthy. It hasn't grown much. But the first year they sleep, second year they creep, third year they leap. That's a typical perennial anyway and hoping the case for this one. It has grown a few new leaves and gotten a few inches taller. But I believe it's still establishing itself."
This did OK one made it the other . . . .
"The plant that survived definitely was BIG & TALL . I'm hoping to propagate from this one for next season . Had two blooms that seemed to last quite awhile ."
Found it only here!
"I started these in containers since we have an AWFUL rabbit problem and they did well."
It's alive, which is something
"So I planted this about a year ago and it's still exactly the same as it was a year ago. It hasn't died. It hasn't gotten any bigger. It has not flowered. So. . . not great. I'm holding out hope that it'll have an amazing 2nd year, because I have planted young perennials that have taken until year 2 or 3 to show me that they could actually grow beyond babyhood. In addition, the place I put it didn't have the greatest soil. I amended the heck out of it this late summer & fall though, while expanding the area for other plants, so again, holding out hope. I'm also curious to see future reviewers, especially in my region. (South Jersey, USA)"
Very useful when you need a tall flower
"We planted four Giant Black Eyed Susan plants two autumns ago for a medium sized flower garden. I wanted something tall for the far-side edge. All four survived the winter, and grew to full size during their first summer. However, each plant only produced a few flowers, and being very tall, looked a little scraggly. This is their second summer, and they have all produced quite a few long-lasting flowers, all taller than I am. I am happy enough to have just ordered a few more to put at the back of a different flower bed."