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Mar 9, 2024 2:01 PM CST
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Missouri (Zone 6a)
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Quilled Dwarf Rudbeckia (Rudbeckia 'Little Henry')
I did a google search and didn't find any seeds for sale, it just keeps showing me where to buy plants. Does any one know where I can buy seeds, and does the plant reseed from year to year?
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Mar 9, 2024 5:55 PM CST
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Name: Bob
Vernon N.J. (Zone 6b)
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Pretty sure that one is only propagated by division or tissue culture.
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Mar 11, 2024 12:01 PM CST
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Missouri (Zone 6a)
I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Plant Identifier
okay so if this is a biennial (?) it will only live 2 years or so and it doesn't make seeds, so basically I'd have to re-buy this plant every 2 years to have it in my garden?
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Mar 11, 2024 8:58 PM CST
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Name: Bob
Vernon N.J. (Zone 6b)
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I think Little Henry is a perennial form of Rudbeckia not a biennial.
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Mar 23, 2024 9:15 AM CST
Name: CODY
Longview, Washington (Zone 8a)
I have had this plant in my garden for years. At least in my zone it is definitely perennial.
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Mar 23, 2024 9:31 AM CST
Name: Maggie
Sierra Foothills, Calaveras Co (Zone 8b)
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The plant is patented. Whenever you see PPAF or any PP by the name that means the breeder applied for a plant patent. Plant patents last 20 years. This plant can only be propagated - as noted above - by cuttings, tissue or division by those authorized to breed it. The home gardener is not supposed to try to make starts. Patents allow the breeder to recover their cost for developing new varieties. The plant may or may not come true from seed. If it has not been bred to be "seed stable" it often will not and you could get any number of variations from its offspring.
Remember, it is dangerous to the environment and ILLEGAL in MANY states (CA is one) to mail plants/bulbs/cuttings in. Let’s all practice Do No Harm while we walk this earth and find other ways to connect to one another through gardening.
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Mar 23, 2024 8:51 PM CST
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Missouri (Zone 6a)
I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Plant Identifier
Faerygardener said: The plant is patented. Whenever you see PPAF or any PP by the name that means the breeder applied for a plant patent. Plant patents last 25 years. This plant can only be propagated - as noted above - by cuttings, tissue or division by those authorized to breed it. The home gardener is not supposed to try to make starts. Patents allow the breeder to recover their cost for developing new varieties. The plant may or may not come true from seed. If it has not been bred to be "seed stable" it often will not and you could get any number of variations from its offspring.


well, that makes sense! I wondered why it was so difficult to find, and why there were not any seeds for sale every where I was looking. Thank you!
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