He showed me a rudbeckia about three feet high with a cone of dark purple flowers, probably a new species.
All very well is the advice to cut back decaying and gone-over plants, but my penstemons, rudbeckia, etc are still nice and green.
In March, plant sunny beds with seed or transplants of marigolds, zinnias, gomphrena and rudbeckia, and brighten shady spots with impatiens and caladiums.
Years ago someone planted in my head the idea that rudbeckia were unforgivably brash.
In our garden, we have a riot of tones from pink impatiens and late roses and golden yellow and orange from climbing nasturtiums and rudbeckia.
I have become acquainted with several salvias, which the hummingbirds love, and I continue to admire the endless blooms of rudbeckia and yarrow.
