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A great rudbeckia, especially if you can get it to overwinter. It becomes a much larger plant the second year. In spring of 2013 bought three plants from one of the nurseries nearby. They boomed, but had few stems. One of the three survived that winter and was a beauty last summer. Don’t know what survived this past winter because the snow, while it has taken a licking, is still covering our main flower bed. James
I agree! My best clump last year was one that came up on its own. I should go look to see if it survived the winter. Things are taking FOREVER to pop out of the ground this spring, so it’s hard to know what I need to replace or divide.
My Indian Summer that I planted three years ago survived our cold winter and well probably bloom in a couple of weeks. did you start Sahara from Swallowtail? I did and grew 9 plants. All were yellow and were problem plants while they were under lights. I believe you said you had problems with Maya this year. Am I right? My other Rudbeckia did really well, especially Denver Daisy and Cherokee Sunset. James
I did start Sahara from seed this year. I had some germination problems but they weren’t as bad as Maya. The Saharas I did plant in the ground just sat there for weeks not doing anything. From my window I can see the gap in one of my flowerbeds where they are supposed to be poking out by now. I just went outside to check on their progress and all 3 have turned brown and rotted. Drats! They were choked out by faster-growing zinnias and salvias and then the excessive rain we’ve had must’ve finished them off. Curiously, all the Maya plants that made it to the garden look good and are starting to bloom!
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