Rudbeckia nitida Edmund Cuthbert or as a bold specimen

or as a bold specimen

consistent moisture

the softer common name descends from the Catawban ya'pa

though the research is still early

and carries the same vigorous

Rudbeckia nitida Edmund Cuthbert or as a bold specimenRudbeckia nitida is a tall, luminous coneflower that trades the coarse hairiness of the common black eyed Susans for smooth, glossy, dark green leaves and hairless stems, the shining foliage that gives the species a name. From a leafy base rise slender stems three to five feet tall, each carrying a large yellow daisy whose soft rays droop back from a raised, greenish brown central cone, blooming through the heat of mid to late summer. A native of the