• Bright yellow Campfire Rudbeckia flowers from Hudson Valley Seed Co. with dark centers and lush green foliage.
  • Bright yellow Campfire Rudbeckia flower from Hudson Valley Seed Co. with dark centers, showcasing vibrant petals and green foliage.
  • Bright yellow Campfire Rudbeckia flower from Hudson Valley Seed Co. with vibrant petals and dark central cone, blooming in garden setting.
  • Bright yellow Campfire Rudbeckia flower from Hudson Valley Seed Co., showcasing its vibrant petals and dark central cone.
  • Bright orange and yellow Campfire Rudbeckia flowers from Hudson Valley Seed Co. with vibrant petals and green foliage.
  • Bright yellow Campfire Rudbeckia flower from Hudson Valley Seed Co. with dark center, vibrant petals, and lush green foliage.
  • Bright yellow Campfire Rudbeckia flowers from Hudson Valley Seed Co. with dark centers, blooming in a garden setting.
  • Bright yellow Campfire Rudbeckia flower from Hudson Valley Seed Co. with dark center, blooming in a garden setting.
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Hudson Valley Seed Co.

Campfire Rudbeckia

Rudbeckia hirta

Certified Organic

Vigorous bright-ember blooms.

A golden rudbeckia with painterly dark markings on some petals reminiscent of the light and shadow cast around a campfire. Blackbird Rise Farm, where these seeds are collected, got its name from the red-winged blackbirds that visit the wildflowers of Maine. This rudbeckia showed up in the meadows surrounding the farm and exists at the intersection of wild and cultivated, annual and perennial, field and farm. We love how these bright golden petals dramatically shift to burnt sienna evoking the saying by Ursula Le Guin: "When you light a candle, you also cast a shadow."

Rudbeckias are cheery, generally fuss-free perennials that compete well with weeds and easily adapt to a variety of garden conditions.

To learn more about the artist Lucy Nguyen and this seed story's fascinating non-binary botany, read the Pack Art Back Story here.

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Growing instructions
Direct sow any time of year or start indoors in late winter or early spring. Rudbeckias are hardy plants and compete fairly well with weeds once established, but they'll need cultivation when young. They are not fussy about soil but need reasonable drainage. Plant somewhere where their bursting-forth mid-summer joy can be fully appreciated.
Product Details
Days to Maturity 120 days
Days to Germination 4-8 days
Width at Maturity 6-12"
Height at Maturity 12-36"
Hardiness Zone Range 3 4 5 6 7
Sun Conditions Full Sun (8+ Hours Sun)
Planting Depth 1/4"
Row Spacing 12"
Plant Spacing 6-12"
About the artist

Lucy Nguyen works in digital illustration techniques. For this illustration of Campfire Rudbeckia, Nguyen examines and embraces elements of her personal identity as a Vietnamese-American illustrator and explores her relationship to style, gender, nature, fantasy, and plants. Read more about Lucy Nguyen and this seed story's fascinating non-binary botany in the Pack Art Back Story here.
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Bright yellow Campfire Rudbeckia flowers from Hudson Valley Seed Co. with dark centers and lush green foliage.
Bright yellow Campfire Rudbeckia flower from Hudson Valley Seed Co. with dark centers, showcasing vibrant petals and green foliage.
Bright yellow Campfire Rudbeckia flower from Hudson Valley Seed Co. with vibrant petals and dark central cone, blooming in garden setting.
Bright yellow Campfire Rudbeckia flower from Hudson Valley Seed Co., showcasing its vibrant petals and dark central cone.
Bright orange and yellow Campfire Rudbeckia flowers from Hudson Valley Seed Co. with vibrant petals and green foliage.
Bright yellow Campfire Rudbeckia flower from Hudson Valley Seed Co. with dark center, vibrant petals, and lush green foliage.
Bright yellow Campfire Rudbeckia flowers from Hudson Valley Seed Co. with dark centers, blooming in a garden setting.
Bright yellow Campfire Rudbeckia flower from Hudson Valley Seed Co. with dark center, blooming in a garden setting.
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Lori

I winter sowed these in 2022 and they are EPIC this year!! They’re in rocky soil on a sunny, mostly neglected area, and have put forth the most glorious amd abundant blooms with little work. A little thinning was necessary due to some mildew (humid summers in New England) but nothing a few minutes with clippers couldn’t handle. Perfect cutting flowers. Over the moon for these!!

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Susan S.

I wanted to support a local company and the uoung people behind it. I am a senior citizen with decades of gardening experience. The Rudbeckia Campfire seeds have a medium-low germination rate which is much worse than rudbeckia seeds from Johnny's seeds (85%) and Botanical Interests seeds (100%). After germinating, about 25% of the seedlings never grow past their cotyledons. while all my other rudbeckia seeds are growing vigorously.

We are so sorry that you had trouble germinating our Rudbeckia seeds! Please reach out to our customer service team (mail@hudsonvalleyseed.com) We guarantee our seeds, and are happy to make this right for you.

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Venese

Fast shipping. The seeds looks good.

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Jo

This is new to my garden🍃. The seeds look healthy. Planting 🔜!

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Jennifer

Beautiful artwork

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Tony M.

Seeds all grew into plants. Hope the planting was good and they'll greet us in the spring!