American Gold Rush Rudbeckia
Rudbeckia ‘American Gold Rush’
Plant Details
USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 4a-9b Find Your Zone
Plant Type: Perennial
Height at Maturity: 2′
Width at Maturity: 2-2.5′
Spacing: 24″ for mass plantings or solid borders
Spacing: 24″ for mass plantings or solid borders
Growth Habit / Form: Mounding
Growth Rate: Fast
Flower Color: Golden Yellow with Black center cones
Flower Size: 2″
Flowering Period: Mid Summer to Mid Fall
Flower Type: Single, Daisy
Fragrant Flowers: No
Foliage Color: Dark Green
Fragrant Foliage: No
Berries: No
Berry Color: No
Sun Needs: Full to Mostly Sun
Water Needs: Average, Low when established
Soil Type: Clay (amended), Loam, Sand (amended), Silt
Soil Moisture / Drainage: Well-drained, Moist
Soil pH: 5.5 – 7.5 (Acid to Slightly Alkaline)
Maintenance / Care: Low
Attracts: Butterflies, Birds, Visual Attention
Resistances: Deer, Disease, Heat, Humidity, Insect, Rabbit
Description
A 2020 All American Selections Herbaceous Perennial Winner, the American Gold Rush Rudbeckia, commonly called Black-eyed Susan, is destined to become a staple for gardens and landscapes all over the country. Rivaling garden mums in flower power, the compact, dome-shaped mounds become literally covered with bright golden yellow flowers that have arching petals surrounding black center cones. Blooming from July to September, with some color up until frost, this cultivar has smaller foliage and shorter height compared to other Rudbeckia varieties. American Gold Rush was bred for resistance to Septoria leaf spot, showing no signs of the fungus even in wet, humid conditions. Incredibly easy to grow and pollinators love it!
Landscape & Garden Uses
Growing only 2 feet tall and 2 to 2.5 inches wide, the American Gold Rush Rudbeckia is ideal for use as an accent in smaller garden spaces or in groupings or mass plantings in sunny landscape or woodland borders and perennial gardens. The plant is so reliable we don’t hesitate to recommend it for use in the landscape. Its low and mounding form lends well for use as a border along paths and walkways. A fine addition to butterfly, cut flower, cottage and yellow color theme gardens.
Suggested Spacing: 2 feet apart for mass plantings or solid borders
Growing Preferences
The American Gold Rush Rudbeckia is very easy to grow in most any well-drained but moist soil in full to mostly sun. Provide at least 6 hours of direct sun for best flowering. As with many other perennial plants, constantly soggy or wet soils are problematic. Heavy, dense clay soils should be amended with organic matter to improve drainage.
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