Mitch said:

I saw some flowers that looked like purple Black-Eye Susans.
It turns out they were purple Coneflowers.

Echinacea purpurea. It comes in many other flavors, too (white, yellow,
pink, orange, even double-petalled varieties).


Is there something similar to Black-Eye Susans, but in different
colors?

Rudbeckia hirta (Black-eyed Susan, Gloriosa Daisy, Yellow Ox-eye Daisy)
comes in a lot of different flavors, too. Some cultivars to searh for a
'Prairie Sun', 'Chim Chiminee', 'Cherokee Sunset', to name only a couple.

What colors are you actually looking for. And, by 'similar to', are you
wanting "daisy" shaped flowers? Flowers stalks that terminate in a single
blossom? Do you mean, specifically, wildflowers? Is there a reason that
Rudbeckia or Echinacea won't suit your needs?

Something perennial that stays in a cluster and doesn't run
too wild?

There's the genus Leucanthemum, or Monarda.


This would be in full-sun, Zone 5.

This should get you started.

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