(Rudbeckia hirta)

This beautiful wildflower native to Central and Eastern North America is now naturalized throughout all contiguous US states and all Canadian provinces. The majority of our plants have solid yellow petals, with a few off-types being bi-colored yellow & red. It is a short-lived perennial in our region, and will act as an annual in very cold regions. Native pollinators love the exposed cone.

You can achieve beautiful sage greens on mordanted wool or cotton using either fresh or dried flowers. The body of the pictured sage green wool sock was dyed with black-eyed Susan; the toe with juniper mistletoe. The other sock was dyed with Hopi black dye sunflower seeds and black hollyhock flowers. The cotton bandanas pictured were dyed with black-eyed Susan.

Direct sow seeds anytime between your first frost and last frost. Seeds take about two weeks to germinate. You can also sow seeds indoors, and then transplant after danger of frost to 1’ spacing.

Packet: 200 seeds