European Gardening: FAVOURITE PLANT THIS WEEK, 1 by wallaby1

wallaby1 wrote:
The penstemons should do well in your climate ferrymead, they are pretty.

I have just tried penstemon again., some I bought as small plugs and grew them on in the greenhouse, planted this year. Two are correct, Blackbird was substituted, Appleblossom had some flowers, Sour Grapes is really pretty and I think you might be lucky with that one rannveig. It flowers forever, mine is still flowering and a frost didn't stop it or damage it.

I also have one called Vesuvius which had a few flowers, and has just produced another. It's very deep burgundy.