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    PENSTEMON
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    PENSTEMON

    Commonly known as Beard tongue

    All Flower - JUL-AUG

    Genus of approximately 250 species of deciduous, semi-evergreen or evergreen perennials and subshrubs from a variety of habitats from open plains to subalpine and alpine areas in North and Central America.

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    • Good to know
      Generally unfussy and long-flowering. Wildlife plant - nectar and pollen for insects.
    • Place of origin
      Northern and central America.
    • Resistant to honey fungus
      These plants have little or few problems with honey fungus.
    • Deciduous
    • Evergreen
    • Semi-evergreen
      Keeps some of its foliage all year, and will drop some leaves as well.
    • Herbaceous
      Early in the year, typically January till end of March, herbaceous plants might be supplied in 9cm pots to ensure timely despatch.
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    Varieties
    PENSTEMON 'Blackbird'
    Dark purple
     
    1 to 1.5 Litre
    £12.50
    PENSTEMON 'Electric Blue'
    Silver-green leaves with bright blue flowers, tinged with purple.
     
    1.5 to 2 Litre
    £12.50 £10.00
    PENSTEMON 'Firebird'
    Bright red with dark stripes and throat
     
    1 to 1.5 Litre
    £12.50
    PENSTEMON 'Garnet'
    Deep crimson-wine
     
    1 to 1.5 Litre
    £12.50
    PENSTEMON 'Heavenly Blue'
    Foothill penstemon
    (syn. P. heterophyllus 'Heavenly Blue') - low-growing with plentiful lilac-blue flowers
     
    1.5 to 2 Litre
    £12.50
    PENSTEMON 'Hewell's Pink Bedder'
    Bright pink with cream throat
     
    1 to 1.5 Litre
    £12.50
    PENSTEMON 'Hidcote Pink'
    Bright pink with cream throat
     
    1.5 to 2 Litre
    £12.50
    PENSTEMON 'Mother of Pearl'
    Off-white and purple with dark throat markings
     
    1.5 to 2 Litre
    £12.50
    PENSTEMON 'Sour Grapes'
    Greyish-blue flowers suffused with rich purple and tinged green
     
    1 to 1.5 Litre
    £12.50
    PENSTEMON 'White Bedder'
    (syn. Snow Storm) - clear white with pink tinge
     
    1 to 1.5 Litre
    £12.50

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    Fertilisers & Feeds - Empathy
    All-purpose Seaweed Stimulant
    All-purpose organic concentrated seaweed feed that is a ready to use, derived from sustainable harvested kelp, that can be used on all outdoor and indoor plants, except acid loving plants. Perfect used in conjunction with Rootgrow™.
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    Fertilisers & Feeds - Vitax
    Q4 Pelleted Fertiliser
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    £6.00
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    £13.00
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    £25.00
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    Rootgrow mycorrhizal fungi
    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
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