Black-eyed Susans

For those of you who are faithful followers of this blog, you have probably figured out that I have gotten the majority of the plants in my yard from other people who are cleaning out their gardens. The same is true for my rudbeckia. I am not sure what cultivar they are. I can tell you that the neighborhood rabbit likes them in the early spring. They have finally started to bloom, so I snapped this picture to share with you. They should bloom for the rest of the summer.

I think the yellow flower color is a nice addition to my back landscape bed. These are planted on the edge of the bed below my redbud tree (out of direct sum, but still in a bright location). The only maintenance that I do to them during the year is to remove the spent blooms. Once we reach fall, I'll leave them in tacts to provide winter interest and food for the finches that visit.