Sweet Black-Eyed Susan Live Plant | Rudbeckia subtomentosa | Native Pollinator Perennial Starter Plant

Add cheerful late-season color and a sweet fragrance to your garden with Sweet Black-Eyed Susan, a greenhouse-grown starter live plant prized for its golden-yellow daisy-like flowers, sweet vanilla-anise scented foliage, and exceptional pollinator value. Rudbeckia subtomentosa, commonly known as Sweet Black-Eyed Susan or Sweet Coneflower, is a hardy North American native perennial admired for its long bloom season, upright habit, and wildlife benefits. It is an excellent choice for pollinator gardens, prairie plantings, native landscapes, cottage gardens, rain gardens, borders, and naturalized areas. With proper care, it produces abundant blooms from mid-summer through fall.

Sweet Black-Eyed Susan thrives in full sun to partial shade and prefers well-draining soil. Once established, it is heat and drought tolerant while remaining easy to grow and maintain. The bright golden-yellow flowers with rich dark brown centers attract butterflies, native bees, hummingbirds, and other beneficial pollinators throughout the blooming season. Its lightly fragrant foliage releases a pleasant vanilla-anise scent when brushed or crushed, adding another layer of interest to the garden. After flowering, the seed heads provide a valuable food source for goldfinches and other songbirds.

You will receive one healthy, greenhouse-grown Sweet Black-Eyed Susan starter live plant, carefully packaged for safe arrival.

🌿 What's Included

• 1 Sweet Black-Eyed Susan Starter Live Plant
• Healthy starter live plant
• Greenhouse-grown plant
• Carefully packaged for shipping

✨ Features

• Bright golden-yellow daisy-like flowers
• Distinctive dark brown central cones
• Sweet vanilla-anise scented foliage
• Blooms from mid-summer through fall
• Native North American perennial
• Attracts butterflies, bees, hummingbirds, and beneficial pollinators
• Seed heads provide food for songbirds
• Heat and drought tolerant once established
• Excellent for prairie, pollinator, and native gardens
• Greenhouse grown for healthy establishment

🌱 Growing Information

• Botanical Name: Rudbeckia subtomentosa
• Common Name: Sweet Black-Eyed Susan, Sweet Coneflower
• Plant Size: Starter live plant
• Light: Full sun to partial shade
• Growing Media: Well-draining average to moderately moist soil
• Water: Water regularly during establishment; drought tolerant once established
• Humidity: Adaptable
• USDA Hardiness: Zones 4–8
• Mature Size: Approximately 3–6 feet tall and 2–3 feet wide

🌼 Perfect For

• Pollinator Gardens
• Butterfly Gardens
• Native Plant Gardens
• Prairie Gardens
• Rain Gardens
• Cottage Gardens
• Sunny Borders
• Naturalized Landscapes