Penstemon | Blackbird Jane Packer Perennial | Tender

Perennial | Tender

Loved by bees and butterflies and makes a great cut flower

rabbits do not eat them

- they also look great in a vase dried

a toxic saponin that causes diarrhoea

Penstemon | Blackbird Jane Packer Perennial | TenderA small growing evergreen perennial with nice glossy, strappy leaves. Flower spikes have heavily laden dark plummy coloured tubular flowers with white throats from early summer. Plants perform best in full sun with a well draining soil, and should be protected from hard frost. The best way to keep your plants looking great is to give them a light trim before winter, leaving most of the stems as protection for the basal shoots. When the basal shoots