Thank you. It's hard to be "Wordless" on Wednesdays! I think black-eyed Susans are interesting, how each cone is a different shape. Some cones, some like gumdrops, others flat like a layer cake. Hmmm... food shapes, it must be lunchtime!
This year is my first letting them overwinter from last year. It was my "test" to see if they really were perennials. I'd always treated them as annuals, since they mature so quickly. They are indeed perennial! Short-lived I read, so I'll let them go to seed too. I found that seeds called "black-eyed Susan" can have different looks! The big ones are done, but the smaller, branched ones are just coming on. I tried growing "Cherry Brandy" and "Cappuccino" from seed this year, but nothing.
That last picture...Some of my black eyed Susans shrivel up like that all of a sudden, the whole plant, and I never know why. Do you? I get some with rings and different colors so I try to save those plants if I can.
I always figured once the plant was done, it was done, and it died back instantly! The seed heads dried out quickly once the petals got crumbly. This is only the first year they came back, so I'll see if that die back was natural. They all grew and bloomed at the same time. I did look at last year's photos. They died back in later August last year. But, they had grown from seed, not plant, so might have been later to flower.
I love Black-eyed Susans. I didn't realize they were perennials because I have never had one come back. This year I will test a few and see what happens.
That's what I did. I let them stay last winter and low and behold they came back! I had a much bigger area of them and not in a bed, so leaving them made sense anyway. They grew from the deadheading I did on ones in beds from the fall before. I have a Toss Garden area I literally toss seeds and deadheads into! It amazing what takes! There are knautia new this year. And some four o'clocks. Coreopsis. Mostly the black-eyed Susans.
So pretty and you captured such wonderful details of each flower. Beautiful.
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Thank you. It's hard to be "Wordless" on Wednesdays! I think black-eyed Susans are interesting, how each cone is a different shape. Some cones, some like gumdrops, others flat like a layer cake. Hmmm... food shapes, it must be lunchtime!
DeleteI tried to grow them last year and they never came back. How can that even happen? Maybe I'll try again. They are so cheerful.
ReplyDeleteThis year is my first letting them overwinter from last year. It was my "test" to see if they really were perennials. I'd always treated them as annuals, since they mature so quickly. They are indeed perennial! Short-lived I read, so I'll let them go to seed too. I found that seeds called "black-eyed Susan" can have different looks! The big ones are done, but the smaller, branched ones are just coming on. I tried growing "Cherry Brandy" and "Cappuccino" from seed this year, but nothing.
DeleteThat last picture...Some of my black eyed Susans shrivel up like that all of a sudden, the whole plant, and I never know why. Do you? I get some with rings and different colors so I try to save those plants if I can.
ReplyDeleteI always figured once the plant was done, it was done, and it died back instantly! The seed heads dried out quickly once the petals got crumbly.
DeleteThis is only the first year they came back, so I'll see if that die back was natural. They all grew and bloomed at the same time.
I did look at last year's photos. They died back in later August last year. But, they had grown from seed, not plant, so might have been later to flower.
I love Black-eyed Susans. I didn't realize they were perennials because I have never had one come back. This year I will test a few and see what happens.
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That's what I did. I let them stay last winter and low and behold they came back! I had a much bigger area of them and not in a bed, so leaving them made sense anyway. They grew from the deadheading I did on ones in beds from the fall before. I have a Toss Garden area I literally toss seeds and deadheads into! It amazing what takes! There are knautia new this year. And some four o'clocks. Coreopsis. Mostly the black-eyed Susans.
DeleteWow, they are gorgeous! I love all the details you captured.
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Thank you!
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