Everwilde Farms - 1 lb Black Eyed Susan Native Wildflower Seeds - Gold Vault Bulk Seed Packet

Black-eyed Susan is probably the most popular wildflower for summer gardens. This biennial is so easy to grow, and produces a lot of showy yellow blooms that are liked by butterflies - so why not have it in the garden? Legend has it that the name of this flower comes from popular poem "Black-Eyed Susan" by 19th century poet John Gay. In the poem, pretty Susan loved a sailor boy named William. Interestingly, this flower and Wild Sweet William always bloom at the same time. The genus name "Rudbeckia" honors a family of renowned scientists and professors, the Rudbecks of Sweden, who taught Carl Linnaeus at the University of Uppsula. The species name "amplexicaulis" means "stem-clasping," in reference to the growth of the leaves.