Rudbeckia auriculata Brugmansia This splendid Kurt Bluemel selection

This splendid Kurt Bluemel selection of fountain grass (introduced under the invalid name of Pennisetum alopecuroides 'Japonicum') has long been one of our favorites

we have found them easy to grow in our climate

each highlighted with yellow throats (nothing a little Zicam won't cure)

mottled foliage features a dark

The low-spreading clump (5' wide in 5 years) is topped in mid-October with a solid cover of lovely

Rudbeckia auriculata Brugmansia This splendid Kurt Bluemel selectionHere's a fabulous and rare US native plant that you're not likely to run into at your neighborhood garden center. The giant, bold textured Rudbeckia auriculata is endemic to a small region in southeastern Alabama and adjacent Florida and Georgia. Our plants are asexually propagated from plants we received from the Atlanta Botanic Garden, originally from a population in Webster County, Georgia. Rudbeckia auriculata grows alongside pitcher plants in