USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 3a-9b  Find Your Zone

Plant Type:  Perennial 

Flower Color:  Yellow with Green center cones

Flower Size: 3-4"

Flowering Period:  Mid Summer into Fall

Flower Type:  Daisy

Fragrant Flowers:  No

Foliage Color:  Bright Green

Fragrant Foliage:  No

Berries:  No

Berry Color:  No

Attracts:  Butterflies, Birds, Bees, Pollinators, Visual Attention

Resistances:  Deer, Disease, Heat, Humidity, Insect, Rabbit

A North American native plant that is both tough and pretty, Rudeckia 'Herbstsonne', commonly called Autumn Sun Coneflower that features yellow flowers with long yellow petals that surround a prominent green cone. In our north central Georgia gardens the flowers begin to appear in July atop sturdy, multi-branched stems that rise above bright green foliage with serrated leaves for an astonishing, extended display of color in late summer to mid fall. The butterflies, bees and other beneficial pollinators will thank you over and over for planti9ng this one!

Growing 4 to 6 feet tall and 2 to 3 feet wide, Herbstsonne is ideal for use as an accent or in groupings or mass plantings in sunny landscape or woodland borders and perennial gardens. Its height makes it a perfect selection for the back of the perennial border. A fine addition to butterfly, cut flower, cottage and yellow color theme gardens. an amazingly colorful display for an extended period beginning in late-summer.

Rudbeckia Herbstsonne is very easy to grow in most any well-drained but moist soil in full sun or part shade. Provide at least 6 hours of direct sun for best flowering. As with many other perennial plants, constantly soggy or wet soils can be problematic. Heavy, dense clay soils should be amended with organic matter to improve drainage.