General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Plant Height: 18-20 inches
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Bi-Color: Mahogany and gold
Bloom Size: 3"-4"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Fall
Uses: Suitable as Annual
Propagation: Seeds: Provide light
Needs specific temperature: 70-80F
Days to germinate: 7-21 days
Depth to plant seed: Surface
Start indoors
Can handle transplanting
Other info: Sow indoors 6-8 weeks from last frost. Harden off 2-3 days before planting out 12-18 inches apart. Blooms within 3 months of sowing seed.
Pollinators: Hoverflies
Bees
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger

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Common names
  • Black-eyed Susan

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Location: Wallington Hall, Northumberland, UK
Date: 2016-10-06
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2020-09-05
Plant trial
Location: St Louis - MoBOT

Date: 2022-08-11

Date: 2022-08-11

Date: 2022-08-11

Date: 2015-08-03
Location: RHS Wisley, Surrey, UK.
Date: 2022-08-04

Date: 2017-07-25

Date: 2015-08-03

Date: 2017-07-25

Credit: Fleuroselect, used with permission

Date: 2012-07-06

Photo courtesy of Harris Seeds
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Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2020-10-17
Plant trial
Photo by Hazelcrestmikeb
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2020-08-22
Plant trial

Date: September
credit: Mike Peel
Location: Florissant, MO
Date: July 2011

Date: 2012-07-06
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Date: 2012-06-22

Date: 2015-08-03
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lovesblooms From February 20, 2018 to February 23, 2018 Seeds sown
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lovesblooms On April 20, 2015 Seeds germinated
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DawnaE On August 7, 2022 Obtained plant
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