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Kansas Roadside Wildflowers of the Week - June 28, 2010 Black-eyed Susan Note: This week we are featuring TWO "Roadside Wildflowers of the Week"
Black-eyed Susan is particularly prevalent along roadsides where it has been planted and in many native prairie meadows where it naturally occurs in the central Great Plains this summer. The flowers have yellow-orange rays with dark brown spherical centers. It is native to the eastern two-thirds of the U.S. Black-eyed Susans are relatively easy to grow, adapted to a wide soil range and will tolerate some shade. As a biennial they can be planted one spring and will flower the next year. It is commonly included in seed mixtures used in planting fields enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program. It in recent years it has been included in KDOT seeding mixtures along with other native wildflowers and grasses used on new rural
The photos were taken from a beautiful display of Black-eyed Susans, one of the selection of native wildflowers planted by KDOT at numerous newly re-seeded construction sites in rural areas. All photos taken by Ron Klataske To nominate a native wildflower, or to send photos of a native roadside wildflower, click here
To see past Roadside Wildflower's of the Week, click the link below
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