Rudbeckia fulgida var. fulgida Jonas and the species clava-herculis

and the species clava-herculis

where gardeners have grown the shrub for nearly three thousand years

soft-pink bloom

a soft-toned form of the familiar scarlet Malvaviscus arboreus

Rudbeckia fulgida var. fulgida Jonas and the species clava-herculisRudbeckia fulgida var. fulgida is the true orange coneflower, the wild species that stands behind the famous 'Goldsturm', quieter, finer, and later to bloom than that celebrated garden child. From a low clump of dark, roughly hairy leaves rise branching stems two to three feet tall, each ending in a small golden daisy about two inches across, the deep yellow rays set around a low dome of brown black. Where many of the black eyed Susans have blazed and