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Perfect Penstemon Collection

Common name: Beardtongue

Bring a touch of drama to your garden with Penstemon 'Blackbird', a remarkable deep purple flower.

-5 to -10°C
Good Cut Flowers
Good for Pollinators

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Young Plants
12 for £22.00
just £1.83 each
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Bell shaped flowers wrap around the small spires of this popular cottage garden plant. Year after year, Hayloft's Penstemon collections are our most popular and sought-after offerings. These sumptuous and regal plants are dependable as well as beautiful - they keep flowering when many summer bloomers have faded for the season; in the right conditions these Penstemons will still be flowering in early DecemberThis collection of Perfect Penstemon enhances your planting and brings you extended joy with a carefully co-ordinated palette and spires of tubular blooms. Collection comprises: 'Alice Hindley' (H: 1m S: 60cm), 'Apple Blossom' (H: 90cm S: 60cm), 'Blackbird'(H: 90cm S: 60cm), 'Maurice Gibb' (H: 60cm S: 60cm), 'Wedding Day' (H: 75cm S: 60cm), 'Rich Ruby' (H: 1m S: 60cm).Prefer moist, well-drained soil in any aspect which benefits from sun for at least some of the day. A semi-evergreen, hardy perennial.
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Key Information
Included In this Collection Penstemon Appleblossom 84 YP Penstemon Rich Ruby YP Penstemon Wedding Day 84 YP Penstemon Blackbird 84 YP Penstemon Maurice Gibb YP Penstemon Alice Hindley YP 84
Latin Name Penstemon Blackbird 84 YP
Common Name Beardtongue
Hardiness H4 (-5 to -10°C)
Colour Red
Format Young Plants
Position Full-Sun, Part-Shade, Part-Sun
Height in Maturity (m) 0.90
Spread in Maturity (m) 0.60
Soil Conditions Chalk Clay Loam Sand
Aspect East-facing, North-facing, South-facing, West-facing
Drought Tolerant Yes
Good for pots Yes
Good for wildlife Yes
Good for pollinators Yes
Good for cutting Yes

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