Rudbeckia ‘Irish Eyes’

If you wondered why bother growing one of those seed-raised annuals instead of the perennials which come back every year, ‘Irish Eyes’ provides the answer. Deeply pleated petals, a huge welcoming face and that enormous raised eye make it a veritable cyclops of the plant world (but in a good way). These seed-raised types derive from

Rudbeckia hirta and make great cut flowers. (Owairaka Seed)