Black-eyed Susan is at home in the naturalized, semi-wild garden, in borders and in flower beds. She won't complain if relegated to the cutting garden, either. Black-eyed Susan is a reliable summertime bloomer, providing bright splashes of color in a mixed perennial border or porch planter.

Butterflies of many species are attracted to black-eyed Susan. But one of Susan's most influential uses is for resolving that age old lover's question: "... she loves me, she loves me not, she loves me, she loves me not, she loves me."