Caramel Mix Rudbeckia Seeds, Copper, Raspberry, Autumn Tones, Rudbeckia Hirta, RU1225
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Caramel Mix Rudbeckia (Rudbeckia hirta)
If you love the classic charm of black-eyed Susan but crave something richer, moodier, and more unexpected, Caramel Mix Rudbeckia is your answer. This stunning modern selection takes the beloved Rudbeckia hirta, a North American prairie and meadow native already famous for its toughness, pollinator appeal, and endless summer blooms and reimagines it in a warm, painterly palette of rose, honey, copper, amber, and raspberry, with both double and semi-double blooms that feel more like a florist's cutting garden than a wildflower patch.
Blooming from midsummer through frost, Caramel Mix is one of the longest-performing plants you can grow, producing wave after wave of glowing, richly colored blooms above neat, uniform, slightly fuzzy-leaved plants reaching 18-20 inches tall. The color palette shifts beautifully as the season progresses and light changes, warm and golden in summer sun, deepening to rich caramel and copper tones as autumn approaches. Deadhead regularly to keep blooms at their most vibrant and prolong the season even further.
An outstanding cut flower, long-lasting in the vase and stunning in mixed bouquets alongside dahlias, zinnias, and sunflowers. A powerhouse pollinator plant, it draws bees and butterflies in droves throughout the season, while tolerating heat, drought, and poor soil with characteristic rudbeckia toughness.
Rudbeckia hirta is one of those wonderfully adaptable plants that defies easy categorization, it can behave as an annual, biennial, or short-lived perennial depending on your climate and growing conditions. In cooler zones (3-7) it often returns for 2-3 years and self-seeds freely, effectively naturalizing in the garden. In warmer climates it tends to behave more like an annual. Either way, it self-seeds so reliably that once established it will keep reappearing in your garden year after year with little effort on your part.
Quick growing facts:
Surface sow, press gently into soil, do not cover, light aids germination
Germination temp: 70°F | Sprout time: 14-21 days
Start indoors 6-8 weeks before last frost or direct sow after frost
Full sun, well-draining soil, tolerates poor soil
Spacing: 12-18 inches
Height: 18-20 in | Spread: 12-15 in
Annual, biennial, or short-lived perennial depending on climate
Self-seeds freely, naturalizes easily
Zones 3-10
Excellent fresh cut flower
Pollinator magnet, deer resistant
25 Seeds
We combine shipping on all orders, you pay one flat fee for as many seeds as you would like and orders over $35 ship for free to the US.
All our seeds undergo vigorous germination testing to meet or exceed industry standards for viability. Never GMO.
Caramel Mix Rudbeckia Seeds, Copper, Raspberry, Autumn Tones, Rudbeckia Hirta, RU1225
RUDBECKIA HIRTA
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$2.99
Regular price
$5.98
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If you love the classic charm of black-eyed Susan but crave something richer, moodier, and more unexpected, Caramel Mix Rudbeckia is your answer. This stunning modern selection takes the beloved Rudbeckia hirta, a North American prairie and meadow native already famous for its toughness, pollinator appeal, and endless summer blooms and reimagines it in a warm, painterly palette of rose, honey, copper, amber, and raspberry, with both double and semi-double blooms that feel more like a florist's cutting garden than a wildflower patch.
Blooming from midsummer through frost, Caramel Mix is one of the longest-performing plants you can grow, producing wave after wave of glowing, richly colored blooms above neat, uniform, slightly fuzzy-leaved plants reaching 18-20 inches tall. The color palette shifts beautifully as the season progresses and light changes, warm and golden in summer sun, deepening to rich caramel and copper tones as autumn approaches. Deadhead regularly to keep blooms at their most vibrant and prolong the season even further.
An outstanding cut flower, long-lasting in the vase and stunning in mixed bouquets alongside dahlias, zinnias, and sunflowers. A powerhouse pollinator plant, it draws bees and butterflies in droves throughout the season, while tolerating heat, drought, and poor soil with characteristic rudbeckia toughness.
Rudbeckia hirta is one of those wonderfully adaptable plants that defies easy categorization, it can behave as an annual, biennial, or short-lived perennial depending on your climate and growing conditions. In cooler zones (3-7) it often returns for 2-3 years and self-seeds freely, effectively naturalizing in the garden. In warmer climates it tends to behave more like an annual. Either way, it self-seeds so reliably that once established it will keep reappearing in your garden year after year with little effort on your part.
Quick growing facts:
Surface sow, press gently into soil, do not cover, light aids germination
Germination temp: 70°F | Sprout time: 14-21 days
Start indoors 6-8 weeks before last frost or direct sow after frost
Full sun, well-draining soil, tolerates poor soil
Spacing: 12-18 inches
Height: 18-20 in | Spread: 12-15 in
Annual, biennial, or short-lived perennial depending on climate
Self-seeds freely, naturalizes easily
Zones 3-10
Excellent fresh cut flower
Pollinator magnet, deer resistant
25 Seeds
We combine shipping on all orders, you pay one flat fee for as many seeds as you would like and orders over $35 ship for free to the US.
All our seeds undergo vigorous germination testing to meet or exceed industry standards for viability. Never GMO.
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