Probably the most winter-hardy, resilient Penstemon we have ever found! Bushy mounds of deep green foliage are enhanced by unusual frosty white, bicoloured blooms. Flowers throughout the summer in borders or large containers
A plant collector's item for decades. Husker's Red is an unusual Penstemon offering maroon-red , occasionally bronze-green foliage when grown from seed. This is coupled with contrasting spikes of blushed pink flowers making useful late summer colour for bordersHeight: 50-75cm (20-30in)
Grow these penstemon in your annual beds as well as your perennial borders! They're much longer flowering than antirrhinums and boast larger blooms. Easy to maintain and offering years of performance, they'll flower and flower almost all summer in a superb range of colours, including many bicolours; just remove spent flower spikes once blooms have faded.
With wide trumpet shaped flowers in a beautiful cherry red, Penstemon 'Sweet Cherry' deserves pride of place in your garden. The long-lasting blooms appear in summer above a flush of glossy, semi-evergreen foliage and continue well into autumn, long after other plants have started to fade. Penstemons are undemanding and easy to grow hardy perennials, and tolerate almost any position in the garden, withstand rain or drought, and even resist damage from slugs. Height: 60cm (24). Spread: 45cm (18).
You might think that the 'Husker Red' in this Penstemon's name refers to the pink-white, trumpet-shaped flowers it sports during the summer, but look more closely and you'll see that its foliage, too, is ruby red. What's more, these leaves are semi-evergreen, thus giving the plant a long season of interest. As if its beauty wasn't enough, this Beard Tongue is also an extremely practical choice for cottage gardens: it is weather-resistant and seemingly immune to slugs and other pests. These qualities ensure that the magnificent plant will brighten up borders throughout the summer and beyond. Height: 50cm (1'8). Spread: 50cm (1'8).
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Penstemons are prized for their showy display of bell-shaped blooms that seem to last and last! This compact, bushy variety bears dazzling white flowers, with a hint of delicate lilac at the outer edges.
Bell-shaped flowers in a variety of bright colours and patterns will bloom over a long flowering period. These compact, hardy perennial penstemon plants are suited to all weather conditions, and are easy to maintain. Also attractive to bees. Ht. 50cm. Supplied as garden-ready plants.