Rudbeckia speciosa Viette Little Suzy
Viette Little Suzy Cone Flower
Viette’s Little Suzy Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia fulgida ‘Blovi’) makes a cheerful clump of golden flowers with deep brown eyes. Its smaller framework offers the warm colors of larger rudbeckias in a planting that fits more comfortably toward the front or middle of a border.
Hairy leaves fill out the base, while branched stems carry flowers from the middle of summer into early fall. The plant spreads by underground stems, gradually building a fuller patch where growing conditions suit it.
Provide sun or light shade and soil that holds some moisture without staying waterlogged. Water new plants regularly while roots establish.
Size (approximate)
• Height: 24 in
• Width: 4–20 in
Hardiness
• RHS H6 (UK hardiness rating)
Best Uses
• Border
• Mass Planting
- Plant type
- Perennial
- Height
- 24 in
- Width
- 4-20 in
- Hardiness zones
- 4–9
- Sunlight
- Full sun to part shade
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Bloom time
- Fall, Summer
- Flower color
- Yellow
- Leaf color
- Green
- Fall color
- Green
- Soil
- Clay, Loamy, Moist well-drained, Sandy
- Landscape use
- Border, Mass Planting
- Shape
- Dense
- Fruit
- No
- Fragrant
- No
- Deer resistant
- Yes
- Salt tolerant
- No
- Drought tolerant
- Yes
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