Black Eyed Susans?

Beth&Derek

I know just about nothing about plants. I bought a new planter for my front lawn this year, though and wanted perennials so that I didn't need to plant new things in there every year. I bought Black Eyed Susans because I love the look of them and because they were labeled as perennials. They're dying now and I just did some googling to make sure they'll come back next year because otherwise I want to plant some mums or something there for the rest of the season. Everything I'm seeing now says that they're biennials and that they only flower in the second year, meaning now the plants are at the end of their life cycle.

Anyone know anything about these? Should I take them out and plant something else there?

living_insanity

They should come back every year and multiply.

dirtyred

They'll come back.

And depending on the variety, you may have a ton of seedlings next year as well.

kastle

The thing about perennials is that they do come out every year but, typically, their flowering period is shorter than annuals.  so, are your black eyed susans dying (ie, leaves turning brown & crispy) or are the just not flowering (flower petals dropping leaving center of the flower)?

GRsweetpea

I don't know much about perennials in planters.  I can tell you that if they were in the ground, they'd certainly be back next year.  I'm digging some of mine up this week to give to friends.  They multiply well.  The first plant may well die after their second year, but it will have multiplied (by seed or root) for next year.

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I'm in upstate NY and mine come back every year bigger and better. Mine are dying back now too but yes they should be fine next year! They don't bloom until late July/August so you'll have to wait a bit.