Favorite Penstemon Species
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Comments (59)I agree with ginnibug, diversity in leaves is what really makes the plants attractive since most of the year they don't have flowers. I have one of the miniatures where the entire plant is no more than an inch-and-a-half tall. Variety is Seiryujishi. But my problem is that although the plants grow very well here in north Florida, the hot summers tend to prevent it from blooming except just occasionally; my Neo falcata plants can go years between blooms....See MorePenstemons - do tell
Comments (25)Rouge Aha, and you even answered for me as to the full name. The dang picture is overexposed. But the plant is a carbon copy as shown in Northcreek plants. So far it looks promising. I scalped the 'Ruby Candle' in order to propagate extras, so it's busily sulking. The cuttings are doing well so next week, it's moment of truth....See MoreWhat's your favorite red penstemon?
Comments (2)I have Penstemon pinifolius compactum (see link), which is a dwarf variety. Not sure if I would call it primary color red though. The other one I have is Penstemon barbatus coccineus. Just bought it a few weeks ago, so I haven't seen this one bloom yet. I just did a search on Yahoo, and some of the pictures looked very red, and others more of a deep pink/ruby color. I guess I will have to wait until next year to find out about this one. Bonnie Here is a link that might be useful: Penstemon pinifolius compactum...See MoreFavorite Salvias, Penstemons, Other Full Sun Perennials?
Comments (5)Blanketflowers and Corepsis, both are great! I also do delphs, dianthus, helenium, agastashe . Swallowtail seeds is one of the best places for unique stuff. Ive purchased from ts seeds ,harris , dianes seeds, johhny select seeds, t & m seeds, pine tree seeds. There are many more some more expensive then others. Alot of people will swap out seeds as well and Ive gotten a # of things that way through the years. Ive kind of stopped doing that just becuase , mostly I have the same stuff now over the years, didnt get alot of responses last time around.. Everything below was wintersown, none of these includes, the roses, daylily seedlings or other purchased plants (daffs, lilliums) Siberian Iris from wintersowing.. veronica Mexican hats in from of Corepsis mayfield giant Double Gold Ruds.. Cherry Brandy Columbines. Violas and pansies.. here they are short lived perenials, in fact I had a yellow come back in the same spot for like 6 years runnings.. Golden Marguritte.. Digitalis Candy Mountain (prety in bloom, terrible afterwards, it was ripped up and never will be back.. turned brown the moment flowers faded) Candy Lily Liatris.. Siberian Blues Dianthus Blanketflowers Ill stop, the beauty of wintersowing is you can try hundreds of things.. these didnt even include the annuals. My garden ebbs and flows, things come and go. Sometimes old friends are lost, replaced and found again. Wintersowing really releases you from worrying about alot of things for companion plants.. Feel like a area needs something.. no problem, sow this year.. in 2 years it can be filled in in full for a few bucks. Silverkelt...See MoreAnne_Marie_Alb
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