For Horticulture this month, Linda Hooper introduced the 2023 Perennial of the Year – the American Goldrush Blackeyed Susan – Rudbeckia.

In 2016 The Orange Coneflower – Rudbeckia Fulgida was named the City Flower of Shelton.

The American Goldrush is a hybrid between several species of Rudbeckia, it is an easy grower, has a compact habit, healthy foliage, and a long late summer bloom.

American Goldrush Blackeyed Susan prefers full sun to partial shade and average soil, it tolerates dry periods and can grow to two feet tall.

Leave the seed heads in the fall as food for birds, cutting back in late winter.