Description
Rudbeckia Goldsturm blooms in mid-to-late summer with an eye-catching display of golden flowers. Black Eyed Susan is very attractive to butterflies and the seed heads provide winter food for seed-eating songbirds as well. Reliable and tough, Rudbeckia tolerates both drought and clay plus easy to maintain.
Echinacea and Rudbeckia are two genera of herbaceous flowers also known as coneflowers. Both of these plants come from the aster plant family and produce long-stemmed flowers with daisy-like petals that surround a center shaped like a cone. There are very few differences between these easy-to-grow wildflowers.
Perhaps the most marked difference between the two plants is in the color and appearance of the flower. Echinacea is typically pink and black or purple and black in color, while rudbeckia is a vibrant yellow or orange with a yellow or black center. The echinacea flower is also slightly larger, sometimes requiring support if the flower heads become too heavy. The petals of the rudbeckia flower also grow outward, while the petals of echinacea tend to curve down and outward from the center of the flower. Both flowers grow on long green stems with alternate leaves and a thick root system.
