I got this 'Radiance' Black Eyed Susan for two years now and had no idea it will turn out to be double-decker.
A double decker rudbeckia!
Here's another 2 starting to form.
And a group shot.
Interesting. I'd love to his this in my garden. Perhaps you've got a new "hot" plant.
Ayah
Ayah - got it from Lowe's last year under the NJ 'native' plants section. Have not heard or seen it before, but the blooms in the tag looks like 'french fries' which caught my attention. They only grow about 10' tall, but the blooms are humongous.
ok i was the newbie that thought i had a cone flower.... but was told it was a type of sunflower,,,my plant is over 6ft tall,,,and here is a pic i took today..
jmr
Jane - wow! That is gorgeous! What you have is a type of Heliopsis. They grow really tall as what I said in the other thread. Sometimes they are referred to as 'false sunflower'. But I never thought there are double decker varieties too.
How beautiful!
I have a "Henry Eilers" Rudbeckia that's about to bloom. I can't wait to see that one too.
Tex.. Are the bloosm all startign to do that or onyl them two?
Starlight - the newer ones are starting to be like that. Somehow all the blooms are always double or there's always something going on around the cone or the center top of the cone. Then it became prominent as a double decker. Just like the echinacea double decker.
OHHHHHHHHHHH ! I want.. I want... LOL : )
mine was by seed i think,,,,last year only flower grew so i did not think anything of it being new to flowers,,,i dumped a bunch of purple coneflower seeds in this small area but must be they never grew and the one flower spread,,,i'm not sure how i got this plant
jmr
Tex68, guess I better pass on this one, 10' is too large for my small space community garden. As I've said, I only have a 8x19' space to grow my flowers in.
Ayah
Ayah - LOL! My apologies! I meant to type 10'' (10 inches) tall NOT 10' (10 feet).