Rudbeckia Hirta ‘Goldilocks Improved’
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Collapse ▲Trial: Annual
Years Trialed: 2003
Good Qualities
Double flowers (6); Very showy and uniform, fast to flower, many petals; 85 days from seed to blossom, perfect filler size for bouquets, excellent 2 tone gold color with variable petal count, good vase life, good stem length; Butterscotch yellow petals; Would make a good landscape plant; Nice sized, stems are sturdy; Tall strong plants; Good vase life; Beautiful flowers, great rebloomer; Easy; Cheerful color; Great, good novelty cut, 4-6 usable stems, 20 inches long; Flowers were 2 ½ inches across.
Problems
Too short (3); My customers have no interest, deer love rudbeckia; Some plants died off in the row, they didn’t seem to have very consistent growth; excessive rain could have been a problem, but I would say more humidity on leaves than wet roots caused the problem; Raggy looking, did not hold up well (hydration); Poor germination compared to the other rudbeckias; Too short for use in bouquet work used most of them for “free for Kids” vase at farmer’s market; For me this cultivar was not very uniform and I had a lot of problems with its lodging; Wilted in vase, need to learn about better postharvest techniques; Deer ate every one of them, pulled the entire plant, usually they nip a few rudbeckia so I can only guess ‘Goldilocks’ tastes better than any other variety; Plants did not do well; Poor germination, plants not as healthy as two other rudbeckias trialed.
Trial Data
| Yield (stems/plant)¹ | Stem Length (inches)¹ | Market Appreciation Rating² | Repeat Again Rating² | Ease of Cultivation Rating² | Average Spacing (in2) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wholesale | Retail | Consumer | ||||||
| Average | 10.2 | 15.2 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 2.6 | 4.2 | 142 |
| Range of Responses | 0-30 | 4-28 | 3 | 1-4 | 1-5 | 1-5 | 2-5 | 36-432 |
¹Data shown are from those respondents who harvested stems. Some respondents may not have harvested stems because they were too short. Flowering stems may be longer next year after plants are established. See comments section for more details.
²1 to 5 scale, with 5 being the best. Market ratings are based on sales to wholesalers, retailers, or final consumers direct.
Supplier
Benary Seed
1444 Larson St.
Sycamore, IL 60178
Comments
Home garden item; We like this plant/flower; Stems too short, mildew started early in season and plants quit producing or died off; It’s best to treat this as hardy annuals for best and strongest growth – I also grew ‘Indian Summer’, ‘Autumn Colors’ and ‘Prairie Sun’ in same conditions – The other 3 were strong growers and beautiful flowers and I have not found ‘Goldilocks’ to be good; Appears to take 3 degrees of frost without any damage, not as popular as the other rudbeckias grown; Another great flower in need of longer stems; If these plants survive our Zone 4/5 winter (and I hope they will) my second year plants have much better height and yields. (See article in this issue for postharvest testing of this cultivar.)