Browneyed facts for kids
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Rudbeckia
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triloba
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Rudbeckia triloba, also known as the brown-eyed susan or three-leaved coneflower, is a beautiful flowering plant. It belongs to the daisy family, called Asteraceae. This plant grows naturally in the United States. You can often spot it in old fields or along roads. People also grow it in their gardens because it's so pretty!
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What is the Brown-Eyed Susan?
This plant is a type of herbaceous perennial. This means it has soft stems, not woody ones like a tree. It also lives for more than two years. It grows in the central and eastern parts of the United States. The plant usually reaches about 60 to 90 cm (2 to 3 feet) tall. It can spread out about 30 to 45 cm (1 to 1.5 feet) wide.
How to Grow This Flower
The brown-eyed susan is quite easy to grow. It needs a lot of sunshine, which is called "full sun." It also likes soil that stays moist, but not too wet.
Caring for Your Plant
To help your plant bloom more, you should remove the flowers that have finished blooming. This is called "deadheading." It also stops the plant from spreading too many seeds where you don't want them.
Special Features of Rudbeckia triloba
This type of Rudbeckia usually has smaller flowers. It also has more flowers on each plant. Each flower has fewer "ray flowers" (the petal-like parts) compared to its cousin, Rudbeckia hirta. The leaves at the bottom of the Rudbeckia triloba plant often have three parts. Sometimes, each of these three parts is also divided.
Award-Winning Plant
In the United Kingdom, Rudbeckia triloba is a very popular garden plant. It has even won an important prize. This prize is called the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit. This award means it is an excellent plant for gardens.
