Rudbeckia Cherry Brandy

This is a beautiful Rudbeckia, Katarina. If I spot it at a garden centre I will certainly get one. I don't particularly like the common yellow variety & wouldn't put it in my garden, but this one is a definite yes for me.

I have bought it as news into my garden. I have three different sorts of Echinacea and this one will add more spice to them :)) Hope it will look like this next year. This photo is not mine.

P.s. I wanted to upload it not as my photo, but as the function "add plant" to my surprise, but there was no photo offered, so I had to upload one from the web for illustration. I have young plants, just planted them day before yesterday.

It's really lovely Kat. I've never seen this one before.

This is gorgeous Kat the name fits it perfectly .........

...no gin, Amy :)))

Katarina
Thompson and Morgan who I think introduced it in the UK originally claimed it to be perennial have now altered there minds and list it as HHA. they are a good deal darker than the picture you used (artistic Licence)
I have grown a few from seed this year and it has been a struggle they did not start flowering until eary September.
The growth is very similar to another form I have called Irish Mist and that is HHA as well.
Certainly is where I grow it, so may need to be wrapped up for winter.

Thank you. That is interesting, what you have written. What des that mean - HHA - Brian? Do you have any photo of them? I am looking forward how they will look like...will be surprise. I think I am not going to cover them, as I planted them in a place where I grow Mediterranean plants, so well drained soil, south oriented sheltered place.
Don´t you think that late bloom could have been caused by cold and rainy summer over there?

Hi again, Brian, here I found they bloom from July till October:
http://www.thompson-morgan.com/flowers/flower-plants/annual-plants/rudbeckia-cherry-brandy/p86302TM