PENSTEMON 'Lilac and Burgundy'
Medium
Part shade
Sun
Purple
Reasonable soil
Summer
Pollinator friendly
100% Peat Free
Description
Penstemon 'Lilac and Burgundy'
Height x Spread: 70cm x 50cm
One of the prettiest Penstemon around, 'Lilac and Burgundy' is very elegant; its lilac bell flowers, each boldly marked with a burgundy and white striped throat over green dagger-like foliage.
Its willowy form looks beautiful weaving through a border, its long lasting colour acting as a foil and highlight for other colours, a strong team player. Try it with Bistorta affinis 'Superba' and Achillea 'Ruby Wine' for a delicious ice cream combination.
It is happiest in any good soil that is free draining in either sun or light shade. Do not be tempted to cut it back until after the spring frosts have finished, when it can be cut back hard to the ground.
Rosy's Colour Picks
BISTORTA affinis 'Superba'
Commonly known as Knotweed, 'Superba' is a mat-forming semi-evergreen perennial. A mat of dark green leaves creates a carpet beneath pink flowers which turn to crimson with maturity. 'Superba' blooms
PSEUDODICTAMNUS mediterraneus
Low-growing mounds of tactile grey-green heart shaped foliage on woolly white stems, which produce small pink flowers in their leaf joints in mid summer.
SALVIA microphylla 'Cerro Potosi'
Ever so dainty, with vibrant magenta pink flowers held over neat scented light green foliage, this shrubby evergreen Salvia flowers its socks off from midsummer into late autumn.
ACHILLEA 'Ruby Wine'
Clusters of rich ruby red flowers are held high on branching stems above mid green finely cut foliage. The flowers are best in mid summer.