Ordering from T&M catalogue

It's arrived through the door. Very sneaky - I ordered stuff once from them and now they send it every so often, with luscious pictures of beautiful flowers and plants.

I've seen some Rudbeckia (red!) that I really like the look of, but can only order 42 plugs at a time. Question - how big are these plugs and what on earth am I going to do with 42 of them?? I can create one or two clumps of them for the border and I can use some of them as a planter for OH's parents (a Christmas present long overdue!).

Anyone else ordered similar from T&M and can advise?

 

Buy some seeds? (assuming it is Rudbeckia x hirta Cherry Brandy). Other T&M Rudbeckias here

 

They be the ones. Good idea!

 

That ones absolutely gorgeous which is why when I get round to ordering it's the first one my list:gnthb:

 

I'm happy to share some of them if I decide to go for the plug plants. Not sure if they would survive the deliver to me, then being sent on to you, but I'm game to try it.

 

I agree, that Rudbeckia looks fantastic.:gnthb: I've ordered the 42 plugs and I'll ditch those I don't use.:o

T&M are rubbish at sending plants out in line with their published despatch timings though, I have ordered lots of plants from them this year and nearly all of them have arrived early, last week I started receiving Fuschias scheduled for April, and got my onion sets scheduled for April in January, and Pansies also scheduled for April in February.

I don't know why they bother putting arrival dates on their website.

 

I've just looked at them again and they're half hardy annuals! I'll still get them, but I was thinking they were perennials.