Rudbeckia hirta (Black Eyed Susan)
grows 2-3 ft. tall
grows in full sun
prefers medium soil moisture
blooms yellow from June-September
natural habitat: mesic to dry prairies, savannas, limestone glades, upland woodlands and open rocky woods
host plant for the Silvery Checkerspot and the Bordered Patch butterfly
deer resistant
companion plants: Andropogon gerardii (Big Bluestem), Aster umbellatus (Flat Topped White Aster), Amorpha canascens (Lead Plant), Asclepias tuberosa (Butterfly Weed), Aster spectabilis) Showy Aster, Echinacea purpurea (Purple Coneflower), Baptisia tinctoria (Yellow Wild Indigo)
grows 2-3 ft. tall
grows in full sun
prefers medium soil moisture
blooms yellow from June-September
natural habitat: mesic to dry prairies, savannas, limestone glades, upland woodlands and open rocky woods
host plant for the Silvery Checkerspot and the Bordered Patch butterfly
deer resistant
companion plants: Andropogon gerardii (Big Bluestem), Aster umbellatus (Flat Topped White Aster), Amorpha canascens (Lead Plant), Asclepias tuberosa (Butterfly Weed), Aster spectabilis) Showy Aster, Echinacea purpurea (Purple Coneflower), Baptisia tinctoria (Yellow Wild Indigo)
grows 2-3 ft. tall
grows in full sun
prefers medium soil moisture
blooms yellow from June-September
natural habitat: mesic to dry prairies, savannas, limestone glades, upland woodlands and open rocky woods
host plant for the Silvery Checkerspot and the Bordered Patch butterfly
deer resistant
companion plants: Andropogon gerardii (Big Bluestem), Aster umbellatus (Flat Topped White Aster), Amorpha canascens (Lead Plant), Asclepias tuberosa (Butterfly Weed), Aster spectabilis) Showy Aster, Echinacea purpurea (Purple Coneflower), Baptisia tinctoria (Yellow Wild Indigo)