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Originally Posted by paperhouse
Until they sprout, yes. It'll help hold in moisture. What'd you plant?
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It is a long story: Sometime ago I visited Newport, Rhode Island and saw this beautiful Rudbeckia flower by a mansion by the ocean, with very long petals, the heads are about 4 iches, and about 24 inches long. I have Rudbeckias home, but this one was of a different variety, and it stood out.
Upon my return home, I researched a multitude of varieties with no luck. There are over 1,000 varieties of Rudbeckias. So, I decided to go back to Newport and ask every garden store that I could come across, if they knew about the plant I was describing. Again, no one could identified it.
So, I decided to go back to the mansion, and wait until I was able to see signs of humans. I finally did speak with the owner of the home, and she was so gracious to give me two plants, but she was not sure of the specific name: One was from a different species of Rudbeckia, and the other one turned out to be, when it finally flowered, the one I saw the first time! I was so elated and grateful to this homeowner, and since then, I return to Newport, every year without fail.
It turned out to be an annual, which I suspected it, since not many people had it there. The name is Indian Summer, and I bought some Rudbeckia seeds from Pinetree Seeds, and planted them side by side. That is how I finally found out the name of it......and I love it!!!!!!!!

