Clasping Coneflower - Prairie Native

A stunning native in your wilflower gardens and deserves a place in even more refined garden spaces. Plant this beauty along your driveway to see endless blooms every time you come home. 

Its native range is the central US to the south central regions down to Texas. It excels in xeriscapes, dry prairies, along roadsides and in general problem areas. It can create beautiful backdrops for you gardens as well as being the spotlight if you choose. It blooms continously all summer! 

We also offer this in bulk quantities or with packets that are a bit more modest in nature. 

Botanical Name: Rudbeckia amplexicaulis

Characteristics: 

• Short-lived perennial that reseeds easily
  
• Award winning native as it creates dense blooms and will keep blooming when deadheaded
• Hardy to zone 3
• Plants grow to18-30 inches tall

• 1 Packet will cover 50 sq ft densely
• 1 oz will cover 1,000 sq ft when planted by itself, 2,500 sq ft when planted in existing beds. 

Instructions - Sow seeds outdoors just before last frost. Can also be started indoors and set out as small plants.  Plant in poor soil as rich soil will weaken stems.  

• Alternatively Start Indoors - 8-10 weeks before the last frost.  
• Sow 1/2" deep
• Germination 10-20days
• Thin 18-24" apart

Firefly Farm & Mercantile may substitute seed vendors from time to time because of availability