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Autumn Colors Rudbeckia Seeds
Award-winning size, colors, and garden performance
- Genus: Rudbeckia
- Species: hirta
- Variety: Autumn Colors
- Item Form: (P) Pkt of 25 seeds
- Bloom Start to End: Late Spring - Early Fall
- Habit: Upright
- Seeds Per Pack: 25
- Plant Height: 20 in - 24 in
- Plant Width: 12 in - 15 in
- Bloom Size: 5 in - 7 in
- Additional Characteristics: Bird Lovers, Easy Care Plants, Flower
- Bloom Color: Multi-Color
- Light Requirements: Full Sun
- Soil Tolerance: Normal, loamy
- Uses: Border, Ornamental, Outdoor
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Fleuroselect Novelty Award Winner 2000
If these gigantic blooms were facing forward instead of held straight up, you'd think they were sunflowers, so massive are they. It's not enough to say that Autumn Colors Rudbeckia has the largest blooms ever grown on a gloriosa daisy—these flowers are more than double the size of traditional varieties, ranging from 5 to a full 7 inches across. And as if that weren't exciting enough, each bloom is uniquely ringed and petalled, giving you a varied bouquet from even a small planting. (But why would you ever want a small planting of this showstopper? Break out the tiller and let Autumn Colors Rudbeckia march through your garden.)
Autumn Colors Rudbeckia is an upright, fairly compact plant, just 20 to 24 inches tall and 12 to 15 inches wide. That's why Autumn Colors Rudbeckia is all the more surprising to see humongous blooms opening atop the plant from late spring into early fall. And such beautiful blooms. All have a maroon to burgundy center, but beyond that, all bets are off. Some have bronze petals, others sunny yellow, still others rich gold. A few have burgundy rings toward the base of the petals. Autumn Colors Rudbeckia does well in the back of the border, where their size makes them stand out, or dotted among other summer bloomers in the middle of a mixed planting. Or, to really show them off, consider a large planting in front of a "wall" of ornamental grass such as Millet Jester or Fountain Grass.
These strong-stemmed blooms are long-lasting in the vase, so if you have a cutting garden, be sure to grow a few Autumn Colors Rudbeckia just for indoor arrangements. And few annuals are easier to grow than native American Rudbeckia. Start the Autumn Colors Rudbeckia seeds indoors or out, setting young plants in full sun and any well-drained soil. Be sure to space them at least 16 inches apart, however—gloriosa daisy needs good air circulation to perform at its best.
Autumn Colors Rudbeckia is the winner of the Fleuroselect Quality Mark, Europe's highest award for flowering ornamentals from seed. Everything about it is pleasing, from its ease of culture to its ever-distinctive colors to its over-the-top flower size. Enjoy this blockbuster in your sunny garden.
Rudbeckia Germination Information
Rudbeckia is the botanical name for Gloriosa Daisy
How to Sow Rudbeckia: - Best sown indoors at alternating temperatures of 68 and 86°
- Expect germination in 5-10 days
- If started early enough, plants will flower in the first year from seed
- Seeds can also be sown outdoors in spring or summer, up to two months before first frost
- Plants will reseed around the garden, perpetuating from year to year
- When sowing seed outdoors, we recommend a maximum planting depth of 4X the width of the seed
How to Grow Rudbeckia:
Transplanting: Transplant when there are at least two sets of true leaves
Spacing: Space 12-24 inches apart in full sun or part shade in any rich, moist, well-drained soil
Soil: Tolerates drought and poor soils
Temperature: A great lover of hot weather, it will also tolerate drought
Additional Care: Deadhead to keep plants tidy and to prolong the flowering season
Appearance and Use:
A short-lived perennial that is often grown as an annual. Useful in borders, beds, for naturalizing, and as a fresh cut flower. This vigorous, thick-stemmed, multi-branching plant grows upright from 2-3 feet tall. The summer through fall appearing, daisy-like flowers are 3-6 inches in diameter and come in colors of gold, yellow, bronze, orange, brown, mahogany and have brown, yellow, or black center cones. Flower colors can be zoned or banded and petal arrangement is either single or double. The mid-green leaves are 4 inches long by 21/2 inches wide and the stems and undersides of leaves bear bristly hairs
About Rudbeckia:
Pronunciation: rud-bek’e-å her’tå
Lifecycle: Perennial
Origination: Asteraceae, native to the central United States
Common Name: Gloriosa Daisy
Planting garlic, onions, chives, lavender, rosemary, and sage around rabbit-susceptible plants will repel rabbits. Deer repellent plants include: lavender, onion, catnip, sage, chives, garlic, spearmint, and thyme. Be sure to strategically place these repellent plants around and in between rabbit and deer-susceptible plants. Also, place some along the property line and especially at key points the rabbits and deer are using as entryways, which can even deter them from coming onto your property.
Superior Germination Through Superior Science
Park Seed offers some of the highest-quality vegetable and flower seeds available in the industry, and there are a number of reasons for this.First of all, we have humidity- and temperature-controlled storage, and we never treat any of our seeds with chemicals or pesticides. Nor do we ever sell GMO's (genetically modified seeds), so you always know the products you're buying from us are natural as well as safe for you and the environment.
Superior Standards - University Inspected
To make sure we are providing the best seed product possible and that our customers will get the highest number of seedlings from every packet, we conduct our own germination testing and have quality-control measures in every stage of our seed-handling operation. We hold ourselves to standards that are at or above federal and state standards, including testing specific crops more frequently than recommended by federal guidelines. And in order to maintain our organic certification, we welcome Clemson University to inspect us annually to make sure our organic seeds, which are stored and processed separately, are being handled properly.
Hand Packed By Experienced Technicians
Park Seed has been handling and packing vegetable and flower seeds for 145 years, a history that has given us a great understanding of how each variety should be cared for and maintained throughout every step of theprocess, from collection to shipping.
When packing our seeds, the majority are actually done by hand (with extreme care!), and we often over-pack them, so you're receiving more than the stated quantity.
The Park Seed Gold Standard
And many of our seeds are packed in our exclusive Fresh-Pak gold foil packets, which are lined to keep moisture out, so the seeds stay fresher for longer. We carefully pack very tiny or fragile seeds in crush-proof vials to ensure safe delivery to your home. Some of the small seeds are also offered as "pellets" (have a clay coating) to make sowing and growing easier.
When it comes to the kinds of seeds we offer, we are constantly seeking something new and provide many unique and hard-to-find varieties from all around the world. Our on-staff horticulturists are ready and available to share their expertise to help you with the success of these seeds, so you can grow a beautiful and productive garden!
It is important for our customers to know that Park Seed does not sell GMO or treated seed.
Heirloom Seeds are open-pollinated -- they are not hybrids. You can gather and save heirloom seed from year to year and they will grow true to type every year, so they can be passed down through generations. To be considered an heirloom, a variety would have to be at least from the 1940's and 3 generations old (many varieties are much older -- some 100 years or more!).
Hybrid seed are the product of cross-pollination between 2 different parent plants, resulting in a new plant/seed that is different from the parents. Unlike Heirloom seed, hybrid seed need to be re-purchased new every year (and not saved). They usually will not grow true to type if you save them, but will revert to one of the parents they were crossed with and most likely look/taste different in some way.
Extremely small seed such as Petunias and Pentas are shipped as pelleted seed to make them easier to handle and sow. Pelleted seed are coated, usually with clay, to make them larger in size. After sowing, the coating will dissolve when wet and the seed will germinate. Pelleted seeds are shipped in vials placed inside seed packets, which protects them from being crushed. When sowing, be certain to use thoroughly moistened soil, to be sure that the clay coating absorbs enough moisture to dissolve. For sowing pelleted Petunia seeds, place the seeds directly on the soil surface and do not cover with soil, as light aids in the germination.
Fleuroselect Novelty Award Winner 2000
If these gigantic blooms were facing forward instead of held straight up, you'd think they were sunflowers, so massive are they. It's not enough to say that Autumn Colors Rudbeckia has the largest blooms ever grown on a gloriosa daisy—these flowers are more than double the size of traditional varieties, ranging from 5 to a full 7 inches across. And as if that weren't exciting enough, each bloom is uniquely ringed and petalled, giving you a varied bouquet from even a small planting. (But why would you ever want a small planting of this showstopper? Break out the tiller and let Autumn Colors Rudbeckia march through your garden.)
Autumn Colors Rudbeckia is an upright, fairly compact plant, just 20 to 24 inches tall and 12 to 15 inches wide. That's why Autumn Colors Rudbeckia is all the more surprising to see humongous blooms opening atop the plant from late spring into early fall. And such beautiful blooms. All have a maroon to burgundy center, but beyond that, all bets are off. Some have bronze petals, others sunny yellow, still others rich gold. A few have burgundy rings toward the base of the petals. Autumn Colors Rudbeckia does well in the back of the border, where their size makes them stand out, or dotted among other summer bloomers in the middle of a mixed planting. Or, to really show them off, consider a large planting in front of a "wall" of ornamental grass such as Millet Jester or Fountain Grass.
These strong-stemmed blooms are long-lasting in the vase, so if you have a cutting garden, be sure to grow a few Autumn Colors Rudbeckia just for indoor arrangements. And few annuals are easier to grow than native American Rudbeckia. Start the Autumn Colors Rudbeckia seeds indoors or out, setting young plants in full sun and any well-drained soil. Be sure to space them at least 16 inches apart, however—gloriosa daisy needs good air circulation to perform at its best.
Autumn Colors Rudbeckia is the winner of the Fleuroselect Quality Mark, Europe's highest award for flowering ornamentals from seed. Everything about it is pleasing, from its ease of culture to its ever-distinctive colors to its over-the-top flower size. Enjoy this blockbuster in your sunny garden.
Rudbeckia Germination Information
Rudbeckia is the botanical name for Gloriosa Daisy How to Sow Rudbeckia: - Best sown indoors at alternating temperatures of 68 and 86°
- Expect germination in 5-10 days
- If started early enough, plants will flower in the first year from seed
- Seeds can also be sown outdoors in spring or summer, up to two months before first frost
- Plants will reseed around the garden, perpetuating from year to year
- When sowing seed outdoors, we recommend a maximum planting depth of 4X the width of the seed
How to Grow Rudbeckia:
Transplanting: Transplant when there are at least two sets of true leaves
Spacing: Space 12-24 inches apart in full sun or part shade in any rich, moist, well-drained soil
Soil: Tolerates drought and poor soils
Temperature: A great lover of hot weather, it will also tolerate drought
Additional Care: Deadhead to keep plants tidy and to prolong the flowering season
Appearance and Use:
A short-lived perennial that is often grown as an annual. Useful in borders, beds, for naturalizing, and as a fresh cut flower. This vigorous, thick-stemmed, multi-branching plant grows upright from 2-3 feet tall. The summer through fall appearing, daisy-like flowers are 3-6 inches in diameter and come in colors of gold, yellow, bronze, orange, brown, mahogany and have brown, yellow, or black center cones. Flower colors can be zoned or banded and petal arrangement is either single or double. The mid-green leaves are 4 inches long by 21/2 inches wide and the stems and undersides of leaves bear bristly hairs
About Rudbeckia:
Pronunciation: rud-bek’e-å her’tå
Lifecycle: Perennial
Origination: Asteraceae, native to the central United States
Common Name: Gloriosa Daisy
Planting garlic, onions, chives, lavender, rosemary, and sage around rabbit-susceptible plants will repel rabbits. Deer repellent plants include: lavender, onion, catnip, sage, chives, garlic, spearmint, and thyme. Be sure to strategically place these repellent plants around and in between rabbit and deer-susceptible plants. Also, place some along the property line and especially at key points the rabbits and deer are using as entryways, which can even deter them from coming onto your property.
Superior Germination Through Superior Science
Park Seed offers some of the highest-quality vegetable and flower seeds available in the industry, and there are a number of reasons for this.First of all, we have humidity- and temperature-controlled storage, and we never treat any of our seeds with chemicals or pesticides. Nor do we ever sell GMO's (genetically modified seeds), so you always know the products you're buying from us are natural as well as safe for you and the environment.
Superior Standards - University Inspected
To make sure we are providing the best seed product possible and that our customers will get the highest number of seedlings from every packet, we conduct our own germination testing and have quality-control measures in every stage of our seed-handling operation. We hold ourselves to standards that are at or above federal and state standards, including testing specific crops more frequently than recommended by federal guidelines. And in order to maintain our organic certification, we welcome Clemson University to inspect us annually to make sure our organic seeds, which are stored and processed separately, are being handled properly.
Hand Packed By Experienced Technicians
Park Seed has been handling and packing vegetable and flower seeds for 145 years, a history that has given us a great understanding of how each variety should be cared for and maintained throughout every step of theprocess, from collection to shipping.
When packing our seeds, the majority are actually done by hand (with extreme care!), and we often over-pack them, so you're receiving more than the stated quantity.
The Park Seed Gold Standard
And many of our seeds are packed in our exclusive Fresh-Pak gold foil packets, which are lined to keep moisture out, so the seeds stay fresher for longer. We carefully pack very tiny or fragile seeds in crush-proof vials to ensure safe delivery to your home. Some of the small seeds are also offered as "pellets" (have a clay coating) to make sowing and growing easier.
When it comes to the kinds of seeds we offer, we are constantly seeking something new and provide many unique and hard-to-find varieties from all around the world. Our on-staff horticulturists are ready and available to share their expertise to help you with the success of these seeds, so you can grow a beautiful and productive garden!
It is important for our customers to know that Park Seed does not sell GMO or treated seed.
Heirloom Seeds are open-pollinated -- they are not hybrids. You can gather and save heirloom seed from year to year and they will grow true to type every year, so they can be passed down through generations. To be considered an heirloom, a variety would have to be at least from the 1940's and 3 generations old (many varieties are much older -- some 100 years or more!).
Hybrid seed are the product of cross-pollination between 2 different parent plants, resulting in a new plant/seed that is different from the parents. Unlike Heirloom seed, hybrid seed need to be re-purchased new every year (and not saved). They usually will not grow true to type if you save them, but will revert to one of the parents they were crossed with and most likely look/taste different in some way.
Extremely small seed such as Petunias and Pentas are shipped as pelleted seed to make them easier to handle and sow. Pelleted seed are coated, usually with clay, to make them larger in size. After sowing, the coating will dissolve when wet and the seed will germinate. Pelleted seeds are shipped in vials placed inside seed packets, which protects them from being crushed. When sowing, be certain to use thoroughly moistened soil, to be sure that the clay coating absorbs enough moisture to dissolve. For sowing pelleted Petunia seeds, place the seeds directly on the soil surface and do not cover with soil, as light aids in the germination.