The black eyed susan is a long blooming perennial picqero (do you know how hard it is to NOT put a u after a q?)

A bit more detail, Rudbeckia hirta.
Common Names: black-eyed Susan, gloriosa daisy, yellow oxeye daisy
Family: Asteraceae/Compositae (aster/daisy Family)
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Here is a sunflower. I had one in my yard that grew to 10 feet high.

It is also the state flower of Maryland (since 1918). In my opinion, if you use a large bunch, they look nice with some ferns in a vase.

Cute grandkids, picqero, and nice susans, too.

Here's a little burrowing owl that we loved to see at the side of the road. Such a cutie.

The garland given to the winning horse at the Preakness Race (Maryland) is made of black-eyed Susans.

Preakness Winner

Thanks for the link Jar, they are indeed rudbeckia. I didn't recognise them because the only black eyed susans I've ever grown were quite small flowers
A couple of months ago I published a photo-a-day image of a large sunflower here at sunflower

The Ontario Science Centre, in Toronto, where my niece and I went yesterday to see the exhibit of artifacts recovered from RMS Titanic. No photography was allowed in the exhibition itself, otherwise I'd be showing you something a tad more interesting than the building.



The exhibit was well done, well worth the visit. Took about an hour to see, and included mock ups of staterooms, the boiler room and so on, with people in period dress there to answer questions.

They are not what we call Black-eye Susans in the UK, in the UK we call these Black-eyed Susans, they are completely different.

It's the end of September so this thread is now locked. A new thread has been started for October's photos. Thanks to everyone.