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Black-Eyed Susan and Other Rudbeckias
Keep rudbeckias dead-headed by pinching off flowering stems at their base. Eventually rudbeckia was welcomed into American gardening circles, its popularity increasing to the point that it was deemed “the darling of ladies who are partial to yellow”...
California
El Segundo
Rudbeckia Leaf Spot: Treating Spots On Black Eyed Susan Leaves
Nothing is as breathtaking as a field full of these bright flowers, and nothing as devastating as discovering spots on black eyed Susan. Fortunately, none of these leaf spots are serious and can be treated with the same chemicals, making identification...
Ohio
Willoughby
Guide To Rudbeckia Deadheading – How To Deadhead Black Eyed Susans
Colonies of Black Eyed Susans also provide shelter forare great little habitats for birds, butterflies and bugs, you don't always want all that wildlife right next to your front door or patio.
Ohio
Willoughby
Irresistible Chocolate Garden Color
All rights reserved.All other photos Copyright ©2009 by the respective DG parties: Thumbnail photo-Rudbeckia Black Beauty by ‘Zest'; Philadelphia Flower Show arrangement by 'Wind'; Columbine Chocolate Soldier by ‘Ally_UT'; Coleus Saturn by ‘kniphofia';...
California
El Segundo
Companion Plants for Bee Balm
Through the years cone flowers may need some help fending off the vigorous growth of the bee balms. Sharing the colors and hues of bee balm it provides a sturdy mostly care-free floral display that compares favorably with monarda.
California
Santa Monica
How to Cut Back Black-Eyed Susans
Plants that are cut back may flower a second time in the fall.Cut back the the entire black-eyed Susan plant after the first fall frost kills off any remaining flowers. Cut off any dead or browned leaves.Spread a 2- to 4-inch layer of mulch over the black-eyed...
California
Santa Monica
Daisy-like Flowers In My Garden
I always wished I had white daisies growing together with the yellow-red gaillardia and the yellow black-eyed Susan, but I never had the opportunity to find seeds or plants for trade.
California
El Segundo
Flowers That Look Like Sunflowers
The echinacea flowers can be used as an antibiotic, according to the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. The purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) is a similar color the Tennessee coneflower but features drooping petals like the black-eyed Susan.Planting...
California
Santa Monica
Learn About Black Eyed Susan Care
Dwarf varieties are available. Heights of various Rudbeckia reach from a few inches to a few feet. ) is a versatile, heat and drought tolerant specimen that should be included in many landscapes.
Ohio
Willoughby
What\'s that Bug? The Camouflaged Looper: Synchlora aerata
It uses a silk-like substance to attach the bits to its back and apparently a new costume is created each day, because it discards it as soon as the petals wilt.It is fascinating to learn about the living things that inhabit your garden and instead of...
California
El Segundo
Cajun Hibiscus at Dupont Nursery
I barely had time to put them out before they were gone. Three generations work together, all bringing new ideas and plants to the gardening community. In 2005, one of his outstanding cultivated beauties called Black Dragon won him that honor from the...
California
El Segundo
Uses of the Aster Plant
Asters are often used in landscaping to decorate large, open areas. Asters are very low-maintenance flowers. Choose a site for asters that provides rich, well-drained soil. Boneset (Tamaulipa) has a deceptive name: It's actually used to reduce fevers...
California
Santa Monica
Flowers That Deer Hate
Perennials include showy blue-star and various types of poppies.Some flowers have a strong odor that repels deer. Other annuals with foliage deer don't like include desert marigold, goldsturm rudbeckia, marsh fleabane, common sunflower (Helianthus annuus),...
California
Santa Monica
The Fine Art of Deadheading or Picking Pansies
It was my first foray into the fine art of deadheading and it left a lasting impression. And it is only by practicing the fine art of deadheading that you can accomplish that. I, in my church dress and sunbonnet, was turned loose into the backyard and...
California
El Segundo
Noteworthy Flowers from This Year\'s Garden
A few, however, are new to the market too. For instance, my favorite tulip this spring was a recently introduced double Japanese type called 'Akebono'.I loved everything about it, including the pale yellow--flushed with rose--color, the thin red edge,...
California
El Segundo
The Differences in a Black-Eyed Susan & a Sunflower
The black-eyed Susan genus contains both annuals and perennials. Sunflowers also have wide, large leaves that are rough to the touch and triangular, while black-eyed Susans have narrow, oblong or lance-shaped leaves.Though there are perennial sunflowers,...
California
Santa Monica
A Planned Perennial Butterfly-Hummingbird Garden
Other choice larvae plants are violet, monkey flower and lupine. Choose early-blooming shrubs such as lilac, viburnum, blueberry and rhododendron. Hummingbirds can drink easiest from tubular and funnel-shaped blooms.
California
Santa Monica
When to Plant Black-Eyed Susan Seeds
After potting, place the containers in a sealed bag to retain moisture and place the pots outdoors or in the fridge to maintain the 40 F temperature. Pot the seeds in cell packs or 2-inch seedling pots in fall, sowing one or two seeds per container.
California
Santa Monica
Sunflowers as sentinels
(Once again, 12 ft. X 360 ft = a lot of grass to try to get rid of.ABOVE: Purple amaranth sets off the sunflower forest nicely. = $$$ s.f.)It gets especially expensive when my neighbor's guests routinely drive over my fledgling plantings.Plus, I've lost...
California
El Segundo
5 Ways To Clean Up Your Perennial Bed
Loosely Tie For taller, top-heavy perennials that haven't yet bloomed, go out and loosely tie them up. But there are also some plants I never deadhead, mostly because I know the songbirds enjoy eating the seeds or because they are plants I want to encourage...
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Permaculture: Getting Started
My challenge became discovering how I could integrate other elements that would increase my productivity and personal return on investment. Stepping into Permaculture Venturing into permaculture is doable if you take baby steps.
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Growing Native Plants In The City
Columbine ( Aquilegia canadensis ): a spring bloomer; supports butterflies and birds; drought tolerant Arkansas Blue Star ( Amsonia hubrichtii ): beautifully textured leaves with blue star;like flowers; spring bloomer; supports butterflies; drought tolerant...
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Companion Plants for Red Twig Dogwood
And hybrids), heavenly bamboo (Nandina domestica) and andromeda (Pieris japonica). Like many other plants, they thrive in moist, sunny locations.Red twig dogwood shrubs will grow anywhere a dogwood tree will.Red twig dogwoods, which include tartarian...
California
Santa Monica
Echinacea Deadheading: Do You Need To Deadhead Coneflowers
You can also harvest a few of the fall flowers to dry and make herbal teas that help battle winter colds from the coneflower petals. It gets better. I often suggest coneflower, which tolerates poor soil, excessive heat, drought, full sun to part shade,...
Ohio
Willoughby
Planting for Fall Foliage
Some of these plants naturally bloom in the late summer or fall; for others you can extend their blooming period by deadheading summer flowers.In addition, there are plants like castor bean (although poisonous), ornamental kales, hostas or coleus that...
California
El Segundo
The Lawn Invaders: Violets
A lawn full of them may lose its charm rapidly, and some mature specimens will develop fleshy above-ground rhizomes that choke out any other plants, especially grass.So far, I have been fairly successful at keeping the violets out of the lawn we have...
California
El Segundo
Interesting Facts About Wildflowers
The exception would be if your region has an unusual drought period, in which case your flowers would appreciate a drink every week or two.Find a native plant nursery in your area and ask for plants that are native to a 50-mile radius around your home.
California
Santa Monica