Press the seeds lightly into the surface of the soil and cover the seeds with fine grit or compost to approximately their own depth. Autumn sown seed will make good plants for overwintering and may even flower lightly.įor best results, sow seeds onto a good soil-based compost
#PENSTEMON TWIZZLE FULL#
Spring sowing will obviously give them a full season of growth, for flowering July to September. Sowing: Sow between February and April for first year flowers, or sow in September for early summer flowering the next year.
#PENSTEMON TWIZZLE SERIES#
The Twizzle series is open pollinated, this means the plant will come true from seed. The plants are vigorous and low maintenance and will perform best in full sun and well-drained soil. Sow seeds in autumn for earlier spring blooms or start indoors in late winter for first-year summer blooms. The blooms are crammed tightly along the lengthy stems, making this beauty a magnet for pollinators Twizzle can be used to add height and high-impact colour to containers and annual/perennial borders. Plants form a low clump of green foliage, with upright spikes appearing in mid-summer. The plants bloom profusely with 3 to 4cm (1 to 1½in) tubular flowers on long slender stalks that grow 70 to 80cm (28 to 32in) tall.
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This year, Twizzle White and Twizzle Blue have been added to the series.īoasting half the foliage of older varieties and twice the length of flowering stem, Penstemon ‘Twizzle’ series brings you longer, more elegant blooming wands without sacrificing plant size. This award-winning flowering series originally offered three colour varieties, Twizzle Coral, Twizzle Purple and Twizzle Scarlet. The plants have an upright plant habit and give superb flowering performance from mid to late summer. This first year flowering perennial boasts taller flower stems than the existing varieties on the market while preserving the natural elegance of Penstemon barbatus. Penstemon barbatus ‘Twizzle’ adds a graceful twist to the garden. We tend to think of penstemons as large-flowered and blowsy, but the first of a new series derived from the American native Penstemon barbatus is rather different.