Hello Sunshine

Irrepressibly bright and ebulliently cheerful, rudbeckias are the plant equivalent of sunshine bursting through the clouds. If your garden needs a lift in late summer, they are a safe bet. Yes, most are yellow, so whether they’re right for you will depend on your colour scheme, but what they lack in colour variety, they make up for in versatility – a clump of rudbeckia will look at home in a cottage garden, a mixed or herbaceous border, or a prairie-style planting scheme, with grasses and bold perennials. Their native habitats in the USA include prairies and