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Light Requirements: full/part sun

Soil Moisture: medium-wet/dry

Bloom Color: yellow w/ dark brown centers

Bloom Time: August-October

Height: 5 ft.

Root Structure: fibrous and rhizomatous

Deer Resistant? Yes

Black Walnut tolerant? Not sure

USDA Zones - 4-8

BONAP Region Map

Map Color Key

Sweet Black-Eyed Susan (Rudbeckia subtomentosa))

From $6.00

** I’m a NA native, but technically not native to NY. I should be used in your garden and not in wild areas.

While my kin, Black-Eyed Susan and Brown-Eyed Susan are biennial or short lived perennial. I am a long lived perennial so I live much longer.

I grow in a variety of habitats and can thrive in clay conditions.

My foliage and flowers have a nice sweet scent that I've heard is similar to the smell of sweet grass.

Butterflies, beetles and bees enjoy visiting my flowers.

I like forming large clumps with spectacular displays of many flowers.

My root system is fibrous and rhizomatous, but I have short rhizomes, which allows me to spread slowly.

Like other Rudbeckias, I'm the larval host of the Silvery Checkerspot butterfly.

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