Autumn sunshine!

No 2 in our series stretching to infinity…….

If you want a bit of autumn colour in your border, look no further!    We’ve grown the “brand leader” Rudbeckia fulgida var. sullivantii ‘Goldsturm’ for years, but never really found it happy on the nursery;  just one of those plants that never seems to thrive in a pot, always a bit sulky, and always goes down with a very disfiguring leaf spot.   So how pleased were we when we tried R. deamii instead!?

Rudbeckia fulgida var. deamii is a little taller than R. ‘Goldsturm’ (although encyclopedias often list them both the same at 60 – 100 cms) but other than that they’re pretty much indistinguishable.   The big advantage is that R. deamii just seems to be a much happier plant!    Always vigorous, healthy and very floriferous.   Those in the picture are actually on our sales area right now (although we have some in the garden too).

It also has the RHS Award of Garden Merit, which means it’s an all round good do-er, so if you want a splash of mid/back-of-border sunshine, these are the boys!

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