Rudbeckia hirta ‘Prairie Sun’ with mixed Achillea millefolium ‘Summer Pastels’. They were growing next to each other in the cutting garden, so I figured they might as well go into the vase together too!

This is the first time I’ve grown anything in the Rudbeckia family and I’m so happy with how they’ve turned out that I’ll have to try some other varieties next year to widen the color variation. Will make sure to save some seed from this one as well — big cheerful flowers aside, the stems are long and sturdy, perfectly made for vases.

Speaking of vases, this is a post for Rambling in the Garden‘s In a Vase on Monday meme! I might participate sporadically, depending on what’s growing, but it seemed a great place to share whenever I do get around to putting something together.