{"id":13910,"date":"2023-01-06T12:00:02","date_gmt":"2023-01-06T17:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=13910"},"modified":"2022-12-14T21:43:31","modified_gmt":"2022-12-15T02:43:31","slug":"2023-triple-crown-winner-american-gold-rush-black-eyed-susan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2023\/01\/06\/2023-triple-crown-winner-american-gold-rush-black-eyed-susan\/","title":{"rendered":"2023 Triple Crown Winner: \u2018American Gold Rush\u2019 Black-eyed Susan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Rudbeckia-American-Gold-Rush-2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13911\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Rudbeckia-American-Gold-Rush-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Rudbeckia-American-Gold-Rush-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Rudbeckia-American-Gold-Rush-2-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><em>Rudbeckia<\/em> &#8216;American Gold Rush&#8217;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For 2023, three leading organizations, All-America Selections, National Garden Bureau and Perennial Plant Association, have awarded a cultivar of black-eyed Susan their highest plant award in the U.S. For the U.S plant Industry this is the first time ever.<br> <br>Currently, garden interest in rudbeckias is at an all-time high. All-America Selections judges evaluated \u2018American Gold Rush\u2019 for three years and noted how easy<em> <\/em>it was to grow and is an exceptional perennial as well. The variety was very attractive in the perennial garden with nice full bloom coverage late in the season.<br> <br> \u2018American Gold Rush\u2019 is a top garden performer. It is full of flowers by mid-summer and expect a long season of dazzling color right up to autumnal frosts. Its narrow 2-inch wide, hairy green foliage is resistant to Septoria leaf spot \u2013 a nasty fungal disease that causes unsightly black spotting and premature seasonal decline on some rudbeckia varieties. It\u2019s a reliable hardy perennial and a stunning focal point in perennial borders and meadows as well as being brilliant when massed in public or corporate landscapes.<br> <br>In the world of perennials rudbeckias are very easy for TN \/VA gardeners to grow. Rudbeckias are native to much of North America. Rudbeckias are pollinator friendly and there are many new varieties to try.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Rudbeckia-American-Gold-Rush-5-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13915\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Rudbeckia-American-Gold-Rush-5-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Rudbeckia-American-Gold-Rush-5-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Rudbeckia-American-Gold-Rush-5-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>American Gold Rush at Dawes Arboretum in Ohio (Late September)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> &#8216;American Gold Rush&#8217; is a compact hybrid cultivar, only 24 inches high compared to the slightly taller &#8216;Goldsturm&#8217;. Bright, yellow-gold flowers cover the plant from July to September and attract lots of pollinators. Black-eyed Susans grow in average, moist, well-drained soils in full sun, although plants will tolerate partial sun (4 hours\/day). New plantings prefer supplemental irrigation during dry spells. Established plants are more drought tolerant. Good air circulation is best, so don&#8217;t crowd plants together. Deadheading is not necessary as this award-winning cultivar blooms almost continuously into the first fall frost. Plants slowly spread via rhizomes.  (Zones 3-9) <br><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For 2023, three leading organizations, All-America Selections, National Garden Bureau and Perennial Plant Association, have awarded a cultivar of black-eyed Susan their highest plant award in the U.S. For the U.S plant Industry this is the first time ever. Currently, garden interest in rudbeckias is at an all-time high. All-America Selections judges evaluated \u2018American Gold [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[444,657,1218,1319,911,521,778,674,1384,1357,665,1324,1138,853,1390,551,627,1476,625,843,1060,601,729,777,630,705,706,646,113,819,455],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13910"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13910"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13910\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13916,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13910\/revisions\/13916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}