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Hardy's Cottage Garden Plants

Penstemon 'Midnight'

Penstemon 'Midnight'

£9.50 GBP
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Available Spring 2027

Size

Plants are dispatched in growing condition and may not be in full flower. If too tall to pack safely, we may cut them back — this helps them establish more quickly. Read our Mail Order FAQs.

100% Peat Free Pollinator Friendly

This bushy semi-evergreen Penstemon blooms throughout summer and well into autumn. Upright stems bear tubular dark blue to purple flowers with pink-flushed throats, above linear, lance-shaped glossy green foliage.

Deadhead regularly to encourage further flowering. Softwood cuttings can be taken during summer. Do not be tempted to cut this perennial down before winter — in spring, after the last frosts have passed, cut the plant back hard. Happy in any fertile, moisture-retentive, free-draining soil, in sun or dappled shade.

H4 — Hardy through most of the UK (-10 to -5°C)

Height × Spread: 60cm × 60cm

☀️ Sunlight Full sun, Partial shade
📅 Season of Interest Summer
🌸 Flower Colour Purple
🌿 Foliage Colour Dark green
🪏 Preferred Soil Type Chalky, Sandy, Loamy
💧 Soil Moisture Content Low
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Plant Notes:

  • Care Guide:

    Deadhead regularly to encourage further flowering. Leave the top growth in place over winter to help protect the crown, then cut back hard in spring after the last frosts. Take soft-tip cuttings in early summer or semi-ripe cuttings in midsummer as insurance against winter losses.

  • Good to Know:

    Long flowering season.

    Easy to grow in suitable conditions.

    Pollinator-friendly.