Grouped as: Penstemon

Kew : Penstemon Husker's Red

A plant collector's item for decades. Husker's Red is an unusual Penstemon offering maroon-red , occasionally bronze-green foliage when grown from seed. This is coupled with contrasting spikes of blushed pink flowers making useful late summer colour for borders.

Height: 50-75cm (20-30in).

Penstemon barbatus Cambridge Mixture

A high quality mixture in shades of rose, pink, blue and purple, with grey-green foliage. Superb for containers and bedding with compact, neat habit and flowering only 16-20 weeks after sowing. Flowers summer. Height 30cm (12in).

Penstemon barbatus Iron Maiden

A glorious and choice border plant which will grace the garden with its bright scarlet, tubular-like flowers. Pendulous, rich blooms borne on tall, slender spikes of green and red, with sword shaped blue-green leaves. Particularly valuable as it starts flowering in August and looks wonderfully fresh and bright when all around is starting to fade. Makes a stunning cut flower. Flowers late summer. Height 90-120 cm (3-4ft.).

Penstemon barbatus Navigator

Very dwarf, compact, base branching plants produce many short spikes, packed with flowers in a wide range of clear colours including pink, rose, blue and violet-mauve. Ideal for windy, exposed situations in bedding and containers. Height: 25-30cm (10-12in).

Penstemon digitalis Husker Red

A plant collector's item for decades. Husker Red is an unusual Penstemon offering maroon-red , occasionally bronze-green foliage when grown from seed. This is coupled with contrasting spikes of blushed pink flowers making useful late summer colour for borders.

Height: 50-75cm (20-30in).

Penstemon hartwegii Tubular Bells Mixed

A delicate rose-pink colour with contrasting dark and white stripes, known as bee marks. A robust plant habit with sturdy stems, flowering over a long period. Makes a stunning border plant, with excellent garden performance, and being self cleaning, no dead heading is required.

Penstemon heterophyllus True Blue

Yes, this really is a true blue Penstemon, true from seed! Azure blue trumpet blooms in abundance, with green and grey tinged foliage. An added bonus too - as this charming perennial may be treated as a annual, flowering in its first year. Highly versatile for borders, rockeries, bedding or the patio container.

Penstemon x hybrida Lilac Frost

Probably the most winter-hardy, resilient Penstemon we have ever found! Bushy mounds of deep green foliage are enhanced by unusual frosty white, bicoloured blooms. Flowers throughout the summer in borders or large containers.