With exceptionally long bloom time and a dazzling display of bright golden 3-inch wide flowers, ‘Glitters Like Gold’ is a favorite of pollinators from July to October, and a favorite of songbirds after seed formation. Among the many Rudbeckia cultivars, ‘Glitters Like Gold’ displays both vigor and disease resistance, with rounded clumps of foliage staying clean all season. It is perfect for mass planting and has a place in nearly every garden.
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Details
Hardiness Zone:
4
Blossom Color:
Orange, Copper, Gold
Growth Habit:
Clump Forming
Max Height:
2½'
Texture:
Medium Texture
Recommended Spacing:
12" to 1½'
We sell this plant in these containers:
#1 Pot
Special Characteristics
Cuttings
Seasonal Effect
Moderate Area
Salt Tolerant
Drought Tolerant
Native Hybrid
Butterflies
Bees
Large Area
Small Area
Deer Resistant
Rebloomer
Features
Exceptionally long bloom time and a dazzling display of bright golden 3-inch wide flowers. Native Hybrid.
Landscape Value
Great vigor and disease resistance, is perfect for mass planting and has a place in nearly every garden.
Care
Watering:
'Glitters Like Gold' Orange Coneflower is moderately drought tolerant but benefits from occasional watering, to maintain soil in a moist but not wet condition, during the summer months.
Fertilizing:
'Glitters Like Gold' Orange Coneflower is a moderate feeder, benefiting from a couple of annual applications of slow release fertilizer. A spring application of a 3-1-2 ratio (such as a 15-5-10) can be applied at a rate of about 10 pounds per 1000 square feet, and during early fall, an application of a 2-1-2 ratio (such as a 10-5-10) can be applied to encourage root development and cold hardiness.
Pruning:
'Glitters Like Gold' Orange Coneflower should be enjoyed all winter long, then, during early April before it begins to grow again, it should be pruned or mowed back to ground level.
