0:02 So I'm going to say something now that's going to get the juices flowing the

0:07 adrenaline's going to start to course through your veins. Echinacea and

0:11 Rudbeckia. Now did that get you excited? well if it didn't it probably should

0:17 because I tell you what these are like a searchlight in your garden that's

0:23 Rudbeckia Goldsturm, and it is a beautiful thing

0:26 good I'll plug five and a half centimeter look at the roots on that

0:30 ready to go now I'm potting them on, these will go perfectly well outside if

0:35 your ground's ready and you're ready for a border these will go happily into the

0:40 ground but if you're not like me I'm going to pot some on, now a few

0:47 crocks in the bottom just to help the drainage. A multi-purpose compost, nothing

0:52 complicated, nothing special just a good multi-purpose compost, and all you've got

0:58 to do is pop that on now when they come they're nice and damp these are lovely

1:02 and damp they come in these beautiful blister packs and they're as good as you

1:06 could probably buy anywhere all you need to do is just check them if they feel a

1:10 bit a bit dry or they're going a bit dry just put them in a saucer of water but

1:14 while you ready have a cup of tea and they're ready to go in. You pop them on

1:18 now these are perfectly hardy they'll and that's that's all you've got to do

1:24 there's nothing complicated about it nothing difficult, that's all you need to

1:28 do I'll grow this on probably for about a month because there's still frost's around

1:32 but I'll just put me in a nice quiet corner somewhere out of really cold winds

1:36 and that type of thing now your board is not complete without Echinacea we always

1:40 call them Coneflowers Echinacea purpurea wonderful things pink petals great big

1:46 cone in the center grow for fun and really stand out in your boarder

1:50 fantastic Rudbeckia gold stem and Echinacea the cornflower beautiful great

1:56 big petals of pink and this Rudbeckia is like a searchlight in your

2:01 garden wonderful yellow, big Daisy flowers. You can't go wrong with these

2:05 that's why they're one of the top ten favourites, fantastic plants.

2:12 so this one's come out a little bit the kids next door outplayed I'll tell you

2:17 what it's grand but what can't you beat rudbeck is now the plug that are planted

2:23 in the potting shed has grown on looking really nice healthy plant these plants

2:27 are the same plug plants that are planted last year

2:29 rudbeckia goldstone going to look absolutely beautiful

2:33 but a close relative to that is echinacea now these things are just

2:39 about to flower these were grown on from last year I'm going to extend those as

2:43 well cuz they're lovely and echinacea cone plant they're beautiful the heads

2:48 will get nice and big you're probably four inches across

2:51 echinacea and gold stone a herbaceous border should not be without them