Botanical Name: Rudbeckia subtomentosa ‘Little Henry’
Common Name: “Sweet Coneflower”
Characteristics:
Height: 3 to 4 Feet
Spread: 1.5 to 2 Feet
Light: Full sun to partial shade
Bloom: Jul-Sep
Description:
Vigorous, compact, upright clumps of attractive grayish-green, vanilla-scented foliage send up sturdy, leafy stems topped by unusual brown-coned flowers with yellow, quill-like petals in late-summer. This pest-resistant native plant is drought-tolerant once established, and its blooms attract hummingbirds and butterflies.