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Description

Rudbeckia 'Goldsturm' is a neat daisy which erupts into bloom from July to October adding warm, end of season colour to your borders. Also known as Black-Eyed-Susan, �Goldsturm� produces masses of uniform, golden-yellow flowers, each with a rich brown centre that will light up the garden like sunshine.

A compact form of the garden coneflower, the sunflower-like blooms are carried on branching, upright stems which makes them great for cut flowers as well.

Totally hardy, even in the harshest winters where it will die back underground, Rudbeckia Goldsturm will flower its socks off, getting bigger and better each year. You'll get months of blooms which look fabulous in a container or at the front of the flower border.

Growing to just 80cm tall, the toothed, hairy leaves form a compact mound which adequately fills those gaps in borders that appear as the seasons progresses, providing a green backdrop for late spring and summer flowers.

Easy to grow and particularly robust, this delightful rudbeckia is low maintenance too. The flowers don�t need staking and in late winter the stems just need a quick chop back to ground level. If you want to encourage wildlife leave them on to provide a natural mulch and home for overwintering insects and invertebrates.

Fully deserving its coveted RHS Award of Garden Merit, you can be sure that this is a proven garden performer, guaranteed to be suitable for UK gardeners at every level of experience. Plant with confidence and be assured that it will return year after year, bigger and better for many years to come.

Supplied as 10 garden ready plants for ultimate ease.

Top Tips

For best results grow in moist, fertile soil that drains well, or in pots in good quality compost, in full sun or semi shade.

Care Information

If planting out, prepare the soil in advance by digging over and removing any weeds.
Incorporate some well-rotted manure to enrich the soil if necessary.
Knock the plant from its container and look at the roots � if they are circling around the compost, it is best to tease them out. To do this, push your fingers into the root ball along the bottom edge and pull. Do this in a couple of places. This should encourage the roots to spread into the surrounding soil.
Next use a trowel or spade to create a hole just deep and wide enough to set in the root ball - the aim is to bury just the roots, leaving the bases of the stems (when in growth in summer) or the shoots (in spring) above ground.
Firm back around the soil, using your hand for small clumps and your heel on larger areas.
Water in well to settle the soil and prevent it drying out.

Aftercare Advice for Goldsturm

Keep plants well watered.
Lift and divide congested clumps in autumn or spring.
Remove faded flowers to encourage further blooms

Pruning advice for Goldsturm

Cut back immediately after flowering and a second flush of blooms may follow in the autumn.

Delivery Information

Our experienced team at the nursery will always carefully package and send your plants nursery fresh in the perfect condition to thrive once you receive and plant them. Although most plants are extremely tough and will not be affected by all but the most extreme of weather conditions, we always avoid dispatching the most perishable plants if extreme frosts or heat is forecast. We also avoid dispatching orders over Bank Holiday weekends.

Please allow us 3-5 working days to dispatch your order. If you have ordered a 'pre-order' item, these will be sent out as soon as possible after the quoted dispatch date and we generally ship your entire order with any pre-ordered items. Once your order has been dispatched, we will send you an email with details on how you can track it.

We send most of our orders via a fully tracked courier service with Yodel. We will send you a tracking link as soon as your order has been dispatched. To avoid perishable items being stuck at depots and deteriorating, we will not require a signature on delivery, and we ask out couriers to leave your item in a safe place ad your delivery address.

*Please note, once your item has been delivered, we cannot be held responsible for loss or theft from your delivery address. If you have delivery instruction and require our courier to leave your item in a specific place, please let us know - there is an option to leave a message for the courier at the checkout.

For smaller and single-item orders, we may send these via the post with Royal Mail - Tracking will not be available for orders sent via this method.

**Please note, we cannot guarantee delivery on a certain day or time. Delivery to outlying postcode areas may take 1-2 days longer, dependent on your location.

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