Re: Penstemon barbatus

I actually grew penstemon from seed, which I started last year;

this year, the plants grew tall and are now in bloom, with pretty white
small flowers which the bees love;

the catalog said these were penstemon husker's red, which is supposed to
have red flowers and dark red leaves, but they turned out to have white
flowers and green leaves;

all in all I am glad I grew them, and depending on how many years' enjoyment
they'll provide, they'll have been a good choice;

not like the salvia I wrote about last week, which had a candelabra shape,
smelled like rancid oil, with light green cottony leaves, and a very small,
short-lived white flower;

this was the second season the plant grew, and the first it flowered; I
recently took them all up, as a dud.

Isabelle Hayes

---------------------------------------------------------------------
To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@mallorn.com with the
message text UNSUBSCRIBE PERENNIALS
Other Mailing lists | Author Index | Date Index | Subject Index | Thread Index