American Gold Rush Black-Eyed Susan

Gorgeous rays of sunshine light up your garden! Long, slender bright golden-yellow flowers with black centers feature the raised dome surrounded by and long slender petals. American Gold Rush Black-Eyed Susan (Rudbeckia 'American Gold Rush') stands tall and strong on sturdy stems, the blooms smother the coarse foliage and hairy leaves and stems with bright sunshine!

Forming neat and tidy rounded mounds, this domed perennial adds drama and color to your landscape all summer and into the autumn until winter frost arrives.

Fantastic for pollinators, birds and even for your floral arrangements, these lovely yellow daisy-like blooms look great in any setting and application, so be sure to get a few extra plants so you’ll have enough to go around!

How to Use American Gold Rush Black-Eyed Susan In The Landscape

Fantastic sunny border plants, Black-Eyed Susan thrive in harsh conditions and baked sunny areas. Plant along the roadside ‘hell strip’ where little else can grow.

Fantastic for Cottage gardens and Perennial beds as mid-back of the border specimens, the sunny blossoms also fit perfectly into Pollinator gardens where they draw all sorts of winged beauties to your landscape.

Plant en masse to get the full effect of their sunny flowers, thriving in all kinds of tough sites and beautifying swaths of baked patches and out of the wayside yards where the sun can be relentless.

Sized to beautifully fill containers and planters on your sunny porches and patios, use these lovelies to add long-lasting decor around your seating areas. So versatile, any sunny spot among your garden beds, and foundations benefit from these easy-going plants.

Their versatility and adaptability lend American Gold Rush to Rock garden and even Rain Garden conditions, tolerating some occasionally soggy soil and poor, rocky soil!

These hardy North American natives are fantastic for meadow and prairie restoration and native plantings, increasing the biodiversity among mass plantings for wildlife. Birds, bees and pollinators will adore these blooms and appreciate the nectar resource and the early fall seed heads also provide a bounty for songbirds.

#ProPlantTips For Care

Hardy in growing zones 4-9, these are both cold and heat tolerant plants. Best in full sun, these tough native herbaceous perennials thrive in all sorts of soil types.

With a wide range of soil preferences, from alkaline to acidic, fertile to poor, or occasionally soggy to dry! They do best of course in average, well-drained soil with moderate, yet consistent moisture.

Drought tolerant, protect your investment by providing supplemental watering during times of need. Water your container plants more frequently and be sure your pots have good drainage.

Dead-head spent flowers to keep the blooms returning until frost, then you can leave the seed heads alone for winter interest and for the songbirds to feast on.

While disease resistant and resistant to Septoria leaf spot, be sure to clean up the dead leaves in late autumn to remove any potential fungal issues.

You’ll love these sunny blooms as much as we do here at NatureHills.com! Order your own today to find out why the American Gold Rush Black-Eyed Susan is such an award-winning selection for your garden!