Penstemon Mixed Seeds

If you’re looking for a high-impact, long-blooming perennial with low water requirements and amazing diversity, penstemons are the answer.

Penstemon ‘Thorn’

Penstemon (beardtongues), is a large genus of roughly 250 species of flowering plants native mostly to the Nearctic, but with a few species also found in the North American portion of the Neotropics. It is the largest genus of flowering plants endemic to North America.

Penstemon ‘Sour Grapes'

Penstemons are extremely hardy and a reliable performer in the heat of summer, plus they are frost tolerant, makes these beautiful cottage evergreen perennials suitable for a wide range of positions and soils. Preferring a full sun position, penstemons will also grow well in a shaded position but they might not flower as prolifically as if they were in the sun. Maintenance is simple, lightly prune at the start of each spring.

Penstemon flowers attract bees, butterflies and other pollinators.

Excellent cut flower.

This mix includes seeds from Thorn, Sour Grapes, Evelyn and Picotee Red.

These are easy to grow plants from seeds. Seeds must have a cold spell to break dormancy. If you don't live in a cold enough area, place seeds in the fridge in a water tight container for 6 weeks before sowing. Sow seeds on top of the soil as they need light to germinate. Water and keep damp but not wet. Seeds will germinate when temperatures are around 20C. Plants can be transplanted out into the garden when they are around 10cm high. In frosty areas I would plant out the following spring after the frosts have passed.

Seeds currently available.

$5.00 - 25 open pollinated seeds

$4.00 - postage within Australia

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Penstemon ‘Blackbird’ with Sedum ‘Matrona’, Geranium ‘Roxanne’, Aster x frikartii ‘Monch’ and Calamagrostis ‘Karl Foerster’ - The Gardenist