yeah

Yeah!

I was disappointed a little in the beginning, but decided that it was the lack of sun for most of the summer that created the dull color in some of the plants. As soon as we had a few sunny days, the red came right in! The only ones that did not get really deep red were shaded somehow.

My three plants. Two bloomed. Only one gave me a red bloom. The others were brown and orange to my eyes. The third plant still hasn't bloomed. They've all got powdery mildew in a bad way. I don't think they'll return next year since I see no new basal growth like my other rudbeckia hirtas. I did collect seed but don't plan to share them. I'm worried there is also a fungus on the plants aside from the mildew. I don't want to spread it to others. I'll wintersow the seeds and see what comes of them.

Yeah.

yeah! beautiful - even the hubby noticed them.

Yeah! I grew plants from seed that I got from Pinetree and some from T&M. They all produced red flowers with darker centers but the deepest red came from the Pinetree plants.

Sandy

Yeah
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Karen

I got mine in the ground late, and they didn't bloom. :( If I'm lucky, they will come back next year and bloom.

I guess that is a nay from Token?
Thanks all who responded.
Duane

I cant wait to try these for WS this year!!! I have found their seeds at a website finally. The pics look great. I am always looking for a plant in this color.

Danielle

Yeah on the double/triple one, am yanking the two singles. If they looked like Karen's, they're beautiful, the only ones that really came true and look really impressive.

If one had scads of room which I don't, Karen's would be great with more clumps of them together, surrounded by something else, of course.

Duane, it's more like a 'meh' for me. They didn't come true red, but since they did produce seeds, they're worth something in my garden. :)

Token, or anyone
Who else is growing these this year?

I am interested to see the bloom - I have read a lot of controversy about whether it is successful or not-

Mine did not germinate very well, but I have a few seedlings.

Ellen, mine have come back this year. All three plants that I got from 25 seeds sown. Collected seeds germinated much better than the purchased seeds. I'll see how it looks this year. I wasn't impressed at all with the blooms on mine. Perhaps they just need more time for me.

Some of mine made it through our tough winter, some didn't. I have some rud volunteers coming up in that area, but since I had yellow ones in the same bed, these volunteers might actually be yellow. Or whatever. Crosses might be interesting.
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Karen

Karen,
When I looked up how far apart to plant, the guides say 8-10 inches.
Is that what you did?
or did you do HOS?

I love the look you achieved!

Karen's are much nicer than anything I had to show. Two plants gave me a few blooms. They were the diseased ones. They are back though and looking pretty good. The third plant finally bloomed in mid November and I didn't bother taking photos. It wasn't very pretty either. Maybe I need to get some seeds from Karen. Wondering what the second generation will look like.

I received some cherry rud seeds in a round robin swap and of course had to try them with all the talking you guys were doing about them last year! I have 6 sprouts out of about 15 seeds but they have only been up a little more than a week so maybe more are still to come.

I am going to try to find a spot in bright full sun for them to have the best shot at deep red color and I am also going to try to find a spot NOT close to other rudbeckias (yeah, right, there is Goldstrum everywhere..)

Ellen, I planted small hunks.

Token, sorry, I didn't save any seeds. I figured with so many yellows so close by, they wouldn't come true anyway. I planned to buy new commercial ones, but I never did. My original seeds came from T&M.

Mine were ugly, too, when they first bloomed. But within a few days, each ugly duckling turned beautiful.

Karen

Karen,
How far apart did you plant the small hunks?

ellen

I agree, Karens are beautiful. I started to looks for seeds of those then ordered Cappucino, and irish Spring from Ebay last night.But after seeing her's, I might look for some.
Tammy

I have some sprouts I got from people that collected seeds. I am planting mine near my yellows (at least I plan to right now) I think any Rud is pretty :) Plus I like surprises. I will post if I get blooms.

Karen