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  • PENSTEMON 'Electric Blue'
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    PENSTEMON 'Electric Blue'

    Silver-green leaves with bright blue flowers, tinged with purple.
     
    Full Plant Details - Sun/Soil & other attributes - Click to close
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    • Good to know
      Deadhead after flowering
    • Pests & Diseases
      Slugs and snails, possibly eelworm
    • Semi-evergreen
      Keeps some of its foliage all year, and will drop some leaves as well.
    • Blue
    • Bell/Lantern
    • Racemes
    • Border
    • Cottage garden
    • Suitable for small gardens
    • Town garden
    • Blue
      Bluish green
    • Height and Spread
      0.5–1 metres
    • Dwarf shrub
      Typically only grows to a maximum of one or two feet in height but there will be some exceptions.
    • Hardy - average winter
      Hardy through most of the UK apart from inland valleys, at altitude and central/northerly locations. May suffer foliage damage and stem dieback in harsh winters in cold gardens. Plant can withstand temperatures down to -10°C (14°F)
    • Autumn Seasonal Interest
    • Summer Seasonal Interest
    • Fertile moist well-drained soil
    • Tolerates all
    • Full sun
    • Partial shade
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    Useful extras...

    Fertilisers & Feeds - Empathy
    Recommended by the RHS. Contains Rootgrow™ mycorrhizal fungi. Suitable for all trees and shrubs (except rhododendrons, azaleas, heathers, cranberries and blueberries)
    Small - 60g sachet
    £3.00
    Medium - 150gm sachet
    £6.00
    Large - 360gram sachet
    £12.00
    Unavailable
    Fertilisers & Feeds - Vitax
    A useful fertiliser suitable for use on a wide variety of plants. Q4 provides all the nutrients and trace elements essential for vigorous growth, abundant flowering and ripening of fruit.
    0.9 kg
    £6.00
    Unavailable
    2.5 kg
    £13.00
    Unavailable
    4.5 kg
    £25.00
    Garden Goodies
    These wonderfully tactile natural slate plant labels are hand made in Cornwall and come with a chalk pen. Just stick them in your pot or border. Pack of 6.
    Stick in slate labels
    £10.00
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