The propagation success I didn't expect with Black-eyed Susan

I started with one Black-eyed Susan and now have four, all from propagation. The process is straightforward once you understand scarifying or scratching the soil before sowing for seed contact — something I picked up from trial and error rather than any guide.

I display them in a roadside or verge planting in a community space which shows off self-seeding and naturalising without annual replanting at its best. seed setting and dispersal in late summer is when they're most impressive. annual weed competition overwhelming slow-establishing flowers has been my main challenge across all of them, but it's manageable now that I know what to look for. A genuinely generous plant if you let it be.