Giant Coneflower
Rudbeckia maxima
Giant coneflower towers to seven feet with paddle-shaped blue-green basal leaves and yellow daisies around tall black cones. Goldfinches strip the winter seed heads.
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 5–7 ft
- Spacing
- 3–4 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- moist, wet
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- July, August, September
- Bloom colors
- yellow
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies, songbirds
- Landscape uses
- rain garden
- Native states
- AR, LA, OK, SC, TX
Related native plants
More Rudbeckia species
- Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta)
- Cutleaf Coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata)
- Brown-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia triloba)
- Orange Coneflower (Rudbeckia fulgida)
- Sweet Coneflower (Rudbeckia subtomentosa)
- California Coneflower (Rudbeckia californica)