How Do You Separate A Black-Eyed Susan Flower?
Black-eyed Susans provide hardy, colorful flowers that brighten up any garden and make attractive cut-flower bouquets. With a scientific name of Rudbeckia, Black-eyed Susans also are known as gloriosa daisies and coneflowers. Black-eyed Susans come in perennial and annual varieties. Annual varieties self-seed, and perennial varieties spread as they get established. Both types are good candidates for dividing and moving to other locations in your garden, or for sharing with friends. Divide your Black-eyed Susans every three to five years in the fall after the growing season. Prepare a location in your garden or in a pot where you want to plant the divisions. Dig and loosen the soil with the shovel. Water the soil so it is moist, but not saturated. Work in some organic matter, such as composted steer manure from a garden center, with the trowel. Dig all the way around the Black-eyed Susan plant at the drip line with the spade shovel. This makes a clean cut on all the roots. The drip line
