Garden-Worthy Penstemmons
New Plants and Flowers highlighted five strong garden-worthy Penstemons to add to our gardens. Two have been around since 1999, one since 2007 and two more are being released to the market this year. Why grow Penstemons? Susan Geer's online reference "Native Penstemons in Our Gardens " says, "In the book The Gardener's Guide to Growing Penstemons, David Way and Peter James correctly point to abundance, color, and charm.. In most species, there is a profusion of blooms which can in some cases last all season. They exhibit a wide variety of colors, especially in shading and contrasting throat colors and markings. There is also a tremendous variety in floral shape and in the stature of the plants, and a charm in their carefree attitude. While other flowers in the garden languish in the heat or struggle in difficult soils, Penstemons thrive." These are the five varieties that Plant Select pointed to Red Rocks - Monrovia ‘Red Rocks’ (rosy-red flow...