Black-eyed Susan flowers are actually made up of many small florets, two kinds. The florets in the center of each flower — the eye — lack petals and are dark. Hence, the black eye.

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. — Members of the APG community planted 250 black-eyed Susan flowers at the Living Legacy Forest to commemorate the Army’s 250th birthday and honor fallen Soldiers ...

Black-eyed Susan is the fitting name for flowers with bright yellow petals around a dark center eye. The name is applied to two very different plants. Thunbergia alata is a vining, heat-loving ...

What is the drink of the Preakness Stakes? The cocktail of choice for the Preakness Stakes is the Black-Eyed Susan. The drink, created in 1973 by Harry Stevens, who served as one of Pimlico’s longtime ...

It's Black-Eyed Susan Day!The day serves as a prelude to Saturday's 150th Preakness Stakes.Here's what you need to know about the day: ... It’s the official state flower of Maryland.

The flower used to make the winner's blanket is actually the Viking Mum, or Viking Pom. It is yellow, and, like the Black-eyed Susan, it has a dark center. Thousands are used and handpicked each year.

As far as the flowers, themselves, went, Black-Eyed Susans dotted the landscape in the Club House dining areas atop drinks’ swizzle sticks at the 2025 Black-Eyed Susan Day.