Re: Penstemons
- Subject: Re: Penstemons
- From: "Marge Talt" m*@hort.net
- Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 03:44:24 -0400
This makes me feel much better! I have killed 'Huskers Red' several
times and figured it was either my black thumb or it just didn't like
my face...
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@hort.net
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> From: Blee811@aol.com
> In a message dated 8/21/02 9:57:30 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> cherylisaak@adelphia.net writes:
>
>
> > I have found the Penstemons lovely but short lived. Three years
at most for
> > me!
> > This may be the conditions in my garden, but after 3 attempts, I
> > never tried again.
>
> Me too, Cheryl. Even the vaunted 'Huskers Red' doesn't last for me.
I've
> never had a penstemon come back the next year. If you visit
nurseries in the
> Pacific Northwest at the penstemon season the colors are gorgeous.
> Bill Lee
> z6a Cincinnati
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