#PENSTEMON TWIZZLE CORAL SERIES#

Please note, the contents of this blog reflect the views of its author, which are not necessarily those of the RHS. A first-year flowering Penstemon from seed in a brand-new color: coral Winner of both a Fleuroselect and All-America Selection, this native American. You can order seed of Penstemon ‘Twizzle Scarlet’ from Plants of Distinction. When I saw it in the summer I admired its prolific flowering, its bright colour and its natural elegance. Happiest in plenty of sun and in well-drained soil, ‘Twizzle Scarlet’ has a relaxed style that ensures it fits well into mixed and perennial borders where it should reach 70-80cm. we know, its a cliche, but in this case its true Please give Twizzle a go Heres why:First, this Beard-lip (the species is P. For that’s its other claim to fame: this colourful perennial flowers well in its first year from a spring sowing. Recipient of Europes highest seed award, Twizzle is a breeding breakthrough extraordinaire If you try only one new flower from seed this year. The result is a long season of flower from July to September - from seed sown earlier the same year. Needless to say, this is more than made up for by the tall upright stems along which flowers are crowded in clusters, producing a succession of bloom at each leaf joint. So what’s special about ‘Twizzle Scarlet’? Well, first of all its scarlet, tubular flowers are smaller and more slender than those of the more familiar varieties. A first year flowering perennial which flowers from summer to autumn. And it’s won a Gold Medal from Fleuroselect, the Europe-wide flower seed trialling organisation. PENSTEMON barbatus Twizzle Coral PENSTEMON barbatus Twizzle Coral Fleuroselect Novelty.

#PENSTEMON TWIZZLE CORAL SERIES#

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. RHS Flower Show Tatton Park - 19–23 July 2023.RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - 4–9 July 2023.

Malvern Autumn Show - 23–25 September 2022.

RHS Garden Wisley Flower Show - 6–11 September 2022.

RHS Garden Rosemoor Flower Show - 19–21 August 2022.RHS Garden Hyde Hall Flower Show - 3–7 August 2022.RHS Garden Harlow Carr Flower Show - 23–26 June 2022.RHS Botanical Art and Photography Show - 9–29 April 2022.RHS Garden Wisley Spring and Orchid Show - 25–27 March 2022.

Penstemon twizzle coral