Sunny Lemon Star Black-Eyed Susan

Group/Class: Sunny Series

Brand: Ball

Ornamental Features:

Sunny Lemon Star Black-Eyed Susan features bold yellow tubular flowers with brown throats along the stems from early summer to mid fall. It's serrated oval leaves remain green in colour throughout the season. The fruit is not ornamentally significant.

Landscape Attributes:

Sunny Lemon Star Black-Eyed Susan is a multi-stemmed annual bedding plant with a ground-hugging habit of growth. Its medium texture blends into the garden, but can always be balanced by a couple of finer or coarser plants for an effective composition.

This annual bedding plant will require occasional maintenance and upkeep, and can be pruned at anytime. It is a good choice for attracting butterflies to your yard. It has no significant negative characteristics.

Sunny Lemon Star Black-Eyed Susan is recommended for the following landscape applications;

• Accent
• General Garden Use
• Hedges/Screening
• Container Planting
• Hanging Baskets

Plant Characteristics:

Sunny Lemon Star Black-Eyed Susan will grow to be about 8 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 24 inches. It has a climber canopy with a typical clearance of 1 feet from the ground. Although it's not a true annual, this fast-growing plant can be expected to behave as an annual in our climate if left outdoors over the winter, usually needing replacement the following year.

This annual bedding plant does best in full sun to partial shade. It does best in average to evenly moist conditions, but will not tolerate standing water. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is highly tolerant of urban pollution and will even thrive in inner city environments. This plant can be propagated by cuttings.

This is a selected variety of a species not originally from North America.