{"id":7669,"date":"2018-06-20T12:00:34","date_gmt":"2018-06-20T16:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=7669"},"modified":"2018-06-02T17:35:39","modified_gmt":"2018-06-02T21:35:39","slug":"herbstsonne-rudbeckias-fill-their-spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2018\/06\/20\/herbstsonne-rudbeckias-fill-their-spot\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Herbstsonne’ Rudbeckias Fill Their Spot"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Rudbeckia lacinata\u00a0Herbstsonne’<\/p><\/div>\n

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Rudbeckia ‘Herbstonne’ at Biltmore Estates<\/p><\/div>\n

For an old fashion plant ‘Herbstsonne’ (Rudbeckia laciniata<\/em>) still pops up in many modern day gardens. It is a tall upright growing,\u00a0 clump-forming perennial black-eyed Susan (USDA hardiness zones 5 to 9). This vigorous North American perennial grows 4-7+\u00a0 feet tall and 2-3 feet wide. ‘Herbstsonne’ is also synonymous with the cultivar \u00a0‘Autumn Sun’. Formerly cataloged as Rudbeckia nitida,<\/em>\u00a0many plant experts believe that it is a hybrid between the two species.<\/p>\n

Large daisy-like flowers, 3-4 inches across, with drooping sulphur yellow rays petals\u00a0stand out in the late summer – autumn landscape.\u00a0Flower centers have\u00a0elongated bright green long “nubbins” or cone centers. Flowers bloom singly atop slender branching stems. Bright green cutleaf leaves vary in size from 3-6 inches in length and are coarsely toothed. Flowers attract numerous butterflies and winter feeding birds relish their nutritious seeds.<\/p>\n

Herbstonne prefers a rich, moist, well-drained soil and mostly full sun. This aggressive perennial tolerates hot and humid summers and exhibits above average drought resistant after its first\u00a0year in the garden.\u00a0Tall growing plants, particularly those grown in partially shaded areas, may require\u00a0staking. Deadheading\u00a0 old spent flowers encourages additional re-bloom. Herbstonne (aka Autumn Sun) has no\u00a0serious disease and pests and is deer proof.<\/p>\n

Herbstonne spreads slowly by rhizomes. Propagate by seed, division or terminal cuttings. They’re outstanding for inclusion into mass plantings on large properties such as public parks, golf courses, and industrial sites. Include them in border plantings, meadows, prairies, and in rain and cutting gardens. In\u00a0rain gardens\u00a0plants cope\u00a0in average soils\u00a0and seasonal moisture extremes.\u00a0Cut flowers will fill vases in your home and friends.<\/p>\n

Personal note<\/strong>:\u00a0Clumps of this aggressive growing rudbeckia are long-lived. I’ve fallen in love with old plantings near the conservatory at Biltmore Estates in Asheville, NC and at Chanticleer Gardens in Wayne, PA.\u00a0Give ’em lots of room as plants eat up lots of garden space.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For an old fashion plant ‘Herbstsonne’ (Rudbeckia laciniata) still pops up in many modern day gardens. It is a tall upright growing,\u00a0 clump-forming perennial black-eyed Susan (USDA hardiness zones 5 to 9). This vigorous North American perennial grows 4-7+\u00a0 feet tall and 2-3 feet wide. ‘Herbstsonne’ is also synonymous with the cultivar \u00a0‘Autumn Sun’. Formerly […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[444,772,657,707,747,1319,911,778,674,806,853,551,627,1476,625,843,1060,812,601,729,1481,777,1210,630,823,706,646,113,1056,655,455],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7669"}],"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=7669"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7669\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10705,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7669\/revisions\/10705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}