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Redbueckia Laciniata | Cut-leaf Coneflowers

 

2017-07-10

2023 - Next year I will get better at marking the first blooms!

Rudbeckia Laciniata | Cut Leaved Coneflowers

(Pronounced rood·beh·kee·uh)  They were named by a legendary botanist Carl Linnaeus in 1753 after his mentor Olof Rudbeck.

(Pronounced  luh-sin-ee-AY-tuh) (Latin meaning slashed or divided into narrow or slender lobes")

The family is  Asteraceae (Pronounced  ass-ter-AY-see-eye ) which is daisies and sunflowers.

The stalks can be 3 to 9 foot tall! Mine sure do get tall, but they are sturdy and rarely flop over, although the stems are not really that thick.

It spreads slowly and is easily divided for spreading to new locations. It does not make a great cut flower because it rarely looks as good the second day.

Butterflies seem to love it.

I remember ordering this plant from a catalog and being surprised at how tall it got, thinking that I was not going to like it. As the years have gone on, I have grown to love it. Its height is perfect for reaching my picture window view. I also had it next to an arbor and it reached the same height as the arbor complimenting it. We no longer have the arbor so we removed the plant from that location. It does require a well-thought-out location for such a tall plant to embrace its height.

The below photos were taken in 2023, while filming the above video.

The below photos were taken in 2021. I love the little hummingbird!

The below photos were taken in 2020. We sure had fun making vignettes in the garden this year.

The below photos were taken in 2019.

This is the photo where you can see how great they look through the picture window if I allow them to grow as tall as they want to be.

The below photos were taken in 2018. This was the year we drapped a blanket over the fence as a backdrop.

The below photos were taken in 2017.

Oh goodness. We should do this again! It's an air mattress bed in the front yard where we laid down to watch the stars all night long. There are some better photos of this, but this one shows the Cut-leaf Coneflower and how tall it is.

The below photos were taken in 2016.

Wow! What a mass of flowers!

Some awesome be photos. I'm assuming that's a bee!

The Cut-leaf Coneflower was by the arbor which was by the hot tub and we really enjoyed them when they bloomed and also blocked any view of us!

You can see how great they look when tall outside the window. This is Miss Tizzy.

When your flowers fall over, stick something by them for a photo op.

The below photos were taken in 2015.

I tucked some in my purse pocket to take to work.

That's just washi tape on a jar to make a vase!

The below photos were taken in 2013.

The below photos were taken in 2012.

The below photos were taken in 2011.

The below photos were taken in 2008.

The below photos were taken in 2007.

The below photos were taken in 2006.

This is a photo from 2001!

The below is the tag that I saved for it, but I know I ordered it out of a catelog and I see the bottom of a triangle which I think is the Missouri Conservation symbol. I often wondered about the packaging. I got my first digital camera in 2001 and there are photos of this flower blooming in that year. It is now 2023 and this flower has come back faithfully every year for more than 22 years!

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