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Are my rudbeckia coming back?

JoeXJoeX Posts: 1,783
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Hi all,

I cut off the seed heads from my summerina brown and goldstrum in mid March and I was expecting something fairly bushy to be growing by now.

There is some small leaves around some of them, but don’t know what new growth should look like.

I thought these were quite pervasive and might even take over the border!

Am I being impatient or should they be quite tall by now?

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  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 16,658
    I think it depends on your soil. Rudbeckias for me only last a year or two, then the slugs chew them off as they start to come up.  I know that in some places they become rampant, but I have tried them in a clayey patch with lots of compost, and a sandy patch, and they still disappear.
  • JoeXJoeX Posts: 1,783

  • treehugger80treehugger80 Posts: 1,923
    the first photo are rudbeckia, the second are weeds
  • ForTheBeesForTheBees Posts: 168
    Is it a moist retentive? soil  A think a lot of the north American flowers like rudbeckia and echinacea come from areas of very cold winters and tend not to do less well with our mild damp winters.

    I planted two echinacea last year and they've come back strong this year. I've planted my first rudbeckia this year so I'll have see to how they do.
  • JoeXJoeX Posts: 1,783
    edited July 2019
    I think it was fresh multi compost last summer, I put a composted wood mulch on later, added bfb a month or two back.

    Its a raised wall bed, and gets infested with ants in summer so if anything too dry.  I’m watering regularly now though.

    Herbs either side have been flourishing.
  • JoeXJoeX Posts: 1,783
    Having left the seed heads on all winter and spring I thought they’d be sprinting up everywhere.  Unless I’ve been mistaking them for weeds I guess.

    Anyone have a picture of baby rudbeckia?
  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 16,658
    The heart shaped leaves in the first one are rudbeckia. They look like something, probably slugs are chewing them.
  • JoeXJoeX Posts: 1,783
    fidgetbones said:
    The heart shaped leaves in the first one are rudbeckia. They look like something, probably slugs are chewing them.

    I took your advice to look for slugs and snails and immediately they started to respond 👍

    They're looking a lot healthier, but is it too late in the year now for them to achieve a foot of growth?


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