Rudbeckia Marmalade

A dome of sunshine for the late summer border. Rudbeckia Marmalade produces massive, glowing golden-orange blooms with velvety chocolate hearts — a warm, generous colour that carries the garden through August and September when many other annuals are beginning to tire.

Compact and upright at 45cm with thick, waxy petals that withstand autumn rain without collapsing, it is one of the most weather-resistant annuals you can grow. Listed on the RHS Plants for Pollinators.

• Rudbeckia hirta 'Marmalade' — Half-Hardy Annual (H3)
• Height: 45cm | Flowers: August–first hard frost
• Sow indoors February–April at 20°C; surface sow
• Full sun; rich, moisture-retentive soil
• Deadhead regularly for a continuous display
• RHS Plants for Pollinators listed

Grow it with Verbena bonariensis and Echinacea for a late-summer border that keeps the garden alive with colour and wildlife well into October.