9 easy summer flowers

These garden beauties thrive in summer heat and bloom nearly nonstop into fall|Sharon Cohoon

Gloriosa daisy (Rudbeckia hirta)
Photo by Norm Plate

Gloriosa daisy (Rudbeckia hirta)

Deep golden petals radiate from chocolate centers on 2- to 4-inch-wide flowers.

Plants reach 3 to 4 feet tall and 1 ½ feet wide. Shorter varieties such as ‘Goldilocks’ and ‘Toto’ top out at 10 inches tall. 

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