Summerina

I took a trip to Cotswold Garden Flowers in Badsey today - my favourite nursery because they're hugely knowledgeable and helpful, and have a mouth-watering range of plants. I went to get a couple of these summerinas - they're a cross between a rudbeckia and an echinacea, and therefore a double triumph of hope over experience, as I have never managed to keep either going for more than a couple of years - but somehow came home with a boot full of other stuff too. Luckily Current Husband is away till tomorrow, and as long as I get them all planted before he gets back I'm sure he won't notice....