Rudbeckia triloba,
FS-PS, Zone 3, blooms first year, heavier year 2, June - September, 4-5’ x 2’ WD average soil, drought tolerant.
Keystone Species - Is the larval-host plant for 20 moths & butterflies including the Silvery Checkerspot. It provides essential pollen for approximately 30 species of specialist bees. Specialist bees can only raise their young on the pollen of specific native plant families or genera. Blooming from summer to the first frost, it offers critical, high-energy fuel for migrating Monarch butterflies and other late-season pollinators. In the fall and winter, the dried seed heads of Rudbeckia fulgida provide a high-energy food source for songbirds like American Goldfinches and Chickadees.
A native wildflower that is an excellent addition to naturalized areas, wildflower meadows, prairies, cottage gardens, native plant gardens and borders. The plant’s dark green basal leaves are divided into three, thus the name. It is a short-lived perennial that reseeds to continue and form dense clumps. Good in naturalized settings. Ours have bloomed the first year from seed, although if googled it may tell you the plant takes two years to bloom. We found it amazing that the seedlings we planted were twice eaten down to the ground by rabbits and then grew to 4’ and bloomed. We love this plant. It seems to bloom forever and is part of the last color in fall.
Attracts native bees, honey bees, butterflies, beetles, beneficial wasps and hover flies. The seed heads are relished by Gold Finches and different species of sparrows. Host plant for
Silvery Checkerspot butterflies and many moths.
Rudbeckia triloba,
FS-PS, Zone 3, blooms first year, heavier year 2, June - September, 4-5’ x 2’ WD average soil, drought tolerant.
Keystone Species - Is the larval-host plant for 20 moths & butterflies including the Silvery Checkerspot. It provides essential pollen for approximately 30 species of specialist bees. Specialist bees can only raise their young on the pollen of specific native plant families or genera. Blooming from summer to the first frost, it offers critical, high-energy fuel for migrating Monarch butterflies and other late-season pollinators. In the fall and winter, the dried seed heads of Rudbeckia fulgida provide a high-energy food source for songbirds like American Goldfinches and Chickadees.
A native wildflower that is an excellent addition to naturalized areas, wildflower meadows, prairies, cottage gardens, native plant gardens and borders. The plant’s dark green basal leaves are divided into three, thus the name. It is a short-lived perennial that reseeds to continue and form dense clumps. Good in naturalized settings. Ours have bloomed the first year from seed, although if googled it may tell you the plant takes two years to bloom. We found it amazing that the seedlings we planted were twice eaten down to the ground by rabbits and then grew to 4’ and bloomed. We love this plant. It seems to bloom forever and is part of the last color in fall.
Attracts native bees, honey bees, butterflies, beetles, beneficial wasps and hover flies. The seed heads are relished by Gold Finches and different species of sparrows. Host plant for
Silvery Checkerspot butterflies and many moths.
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