Brighten your garden from summer through fall with Rudbeckia fulgida 'Goldsturm', the award-winning Black-Eyed Susan celebrated for its brilliant golden-yellow flowers and striking dark brown centers. This dependable perennial delivers months of vibrant blooms while attracting bees, butterflies, and other beneficial pollinators.

With its compact clumping habit and sturdy upright stems, 'Goldsturm' is perfect for perennial borders, cottage gardens, pollinator habitats, and naturalized landscapes. The cheerful daisy-like flowers also make excellent long-lasting cut flowers for fresh bouquets.

Extremely easy to grow, drought tolerant once established, and resistant to deer and rabbits, this low-maintenance perennial provides reliable color year after year with very little care.

🌾 Key Features

🌼 Bright golden-yellow daisy flowers

🟤 Distinctive dark brown centers

🐝 Attracts bees and butterflies

🦌 Deer and rabbit resistant

☀️ Long blooming from summer into fall

✂️ Excellent cut flower

🌱 Easy-care perennial

🏡 Perfect for borders and pollinator gardens

🌿 Plant Details

Botanical Name: Rudbeckia fulgida 'Goldsturm'

Common Name: Goldsturm Black-Eyed Susan

Plant Type: Herbaceous Perennial

Foliage Color: Deep Green

Flower Color: Golden Yellow with Dark Brown Center

Bloom Season: Mid-Summer through Early Fall

Mature Height: 18–24 Inches

Spread: 18–24 Inches

Growth Habit: Upright, Clump-Forming

Light Requirements: Full Sun

Water Needs: Moderate; Drought Tolerant Once Established

Soil: Well-Drained, Average Garden Soil

Hardiness Zones: USDA 3–9

Characteristics: Long Blooming, Pollinator Friendly, Deer Resistant, Rabbit Resistant, Drought Tolerant, Low Maintenance, Excellent Cut Flower

🌼 Garden Uses

Perfect for:

• Cottage gardens
• Pollinator gardens
• Butterfly gardens
• Perennial borders
• Mixed flower beds
• Native-style landscapes
• Mass plantings
• Prairie gardens
• Wildlife gardens
• Cut flower gardens
• Foundation plantings
• Naturalized landscapes

Its brilliant golden blooms provide bold color from midsummer until frost while supporting pollinators.

🌸 Companion Plants

Pair Goldsturm Black-Eyed Susan with:

• Purple Coneflower (Echinacea)
• Russian Sage
• Sedum 'Autumn Joy'
• Salvia
• Coreopsis
• Joe-Pye Weed
• Asters
• Panicum 'Shenandoah'
• Little Bluestem
• Ornamental Grasses

🌱 Care Instructions

Plant in full sun for the best flowering performance.

Grow in well-drained soil with moderate fertility.

Water regularly during the first growing season.

Once established, plants tolerate drought well.

Deadhead spent flowers to encourage additional blooms.

Cut plants back in late winter or early spring before new growth begins.

Divide clumps every 3–4 years to maintain vigor.