Penstemon Port Wine

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Penstemons are beautiful plants for cottage gardens, fast growing, coming back year after year with big flowers and a long season of colour from summer to autumn. They love light soils, and will survive all but the coldest Aussie winters.

Penstemon Port Wine flowers in purple with white throats; it's a tall slender variety and has the Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden Merit

Flower images: Mark Wordy ; Leonora Enking cropped to size.

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Description

Penstemon 'Port Wine'

APPEARANCE : North American herbaceous perennial, upright and bushy, with slender leaves and tall stems of large tubular purple flowers marked with white, appearing in summer into autumn. They will keep their leaves in mild climates and lose them over winter in colder ones. Port Wine has the RHS Award of Garden Merit.
USE FOR: Cottage gardens, wildlife gardens to attract pollinators, large pots, for colour in mixed beds.
CLIMATE : Frost tolerant; in very cold regions grow in sheltered spots or against a wall
PLANTING: Plant in a sunny to part shaded position, in light free-draining loam, sandy or chalky soil. Mulch and water regularly until the plant is established, usually around 12 weeks.
CARE: Deadhead after flowering to encourage a second flush of flowers; chop back to low-growing shoots in mid-spring as these plants flower on new growth. Fertilise afterwards using a slow release fertiliser, give an extra boost during the summer heat using eco-seaweed and regular watering.
HEIGHT & WIDTH: 90cm H to 120 in flower x 40-80cm W.
YOUR PLANTS : These are tubestock plants, healthy young plants with new roots that will establish quickly in your garden. The pot size is 80mm high and 42 mm wide.
You can see an example in the image gallery.
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