Penstemon 'Osprey'
beard tongue
£6.99
£3.49
- size:
- 9cm pot
- available within:
- to order from summer 2012
- Position: full sun or partial shade
- Soil: fertile, well-drained soil
- Rate of growth: average
- Flowering period: July to October
- Hardiness: frost hardy (will need winter protection in cold areas)
Ideally suited to the back of the border, this is a taller cultivar that forms a large, open clump. The densely packed creamy-white flowers darken to rose pink at their tips, giving a pretty two-tone effect around a pure white throat. - Garden care: Remove the faded blooms regularly to prolong flowering. Apply a dry mulch around the base of the plant to protect the roots from frost damage and cut back in spring when new shoots appear low down on the stem. Lift and divide congested clumps in spring.
- Eventual Height: 1.1m
- Eventual Spread: 0.75m