Rudbeckia fulgida var. fulgida Jonas or a graceful layer along

or a graceful layer along a woodland margin

The cross brings together the best of both parents

This one is named for a doctor and a place

where gardeners have grown the shrub for nearly three thousand years

Osmanthus burkwoodii is one of the most reliable and sweetly scented of the spring evergreens

Rudbeckia fulgida var. fulgida Jonas or a graceful layer alongRudbeckia fulgida var. fulgida is the true orange coneflower, the wild species that stands behind the famous 'Goldsturm', quieter, finer, and later to bloom than that celebrated garden child. From a low clump of dark, roughly hairy leaves rise branching stems two to three feet tall, each ending in a small golden daisy about two inches across, the deep yellow rays set around a low dome of brown black. Where many of the black eyed Susans have blazed and