What's up everyone? Welcome back to the podcast. Today we are talking about the black-eyed Susan. I know I've done

Dianthus yesterday. We're doing we're doing another flower which is kind of a weird time of year I know but I just want to give you

guys some motivation to carry on through the winter months so today we're going to be

talking about the Black Guide Susan also known as the Gloriosa Daisy.

All of these describe the Rudecia species of plants.

So it's actually relative of the sunflower,

and you might have guessed that because of its appearance.

Just bright yellow flower leaves

with a circular black cone in the middle.

So let's talk about just a couple of different varieties first and then we'll get into how to care for them.

And so there are many different types of Rudecia species, although few qualify as true black-eyed

sues.

So let's talk about the four that do qualify.

The first is going to be Rudecia Hurta, which is actually the Maryland State

flower.

This is the flower that is most often referred to as Black-Eyed Susan.

There are actually cultivars of this particular species that can get a little bit more in-depth as well,

like Rubecia Hurta var angustifolia as well as var Floridiana

and var polcherima again with these Latin Latin words. I'm sorry guys. So this is just the classic. It has

vibrant yellow petals and it has the ability to either be an annual, biennial, or perennial depending on the cultivar.

And so the flowers reach up to four inches across and it's just a classic, classic looking flower.

Next we have Rudecia Foggida, also known as the orange cone flower.

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