Rudbeckia fulgida var. sullivantii 'Goldsturm'

This black-eyed susan has won so many awards - and it's no wonder! It is a robust, low maintenance, highly disease resistant, drought tolerant pollinator favorite. This North American native is a long-lived garden workhorse that produces masses of traditional golden flowers with dark brown cones from midsummer through fall. It thrives in almost all conditions and in all weather. To top it off, it is deer and rabbit resistant.

Distinctions: Winner of an Award of Garden Merit from the Royal Horticulture Society; selected as Perennial Plant of the Year from the Perennial Plant Association; Perennial Plant of the Year 1999 in North America.

Zones: 3 to 8

Family: Asteraceae

Type: Herbaceous Perennial

Height: 24 to 36 in.

Spread: 12 to 24 in.

Exposure: Full Sun to Part Shade

Soil: Average

Bloom Time: July to October

Native Range: eastern half of the US

Image Credits:

• Image 1 (close up) Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
• Image 2 (in garden) The Old Dairy