Search the RHS website

Penstemon 'White Bedder' AGM

Home | Plants > Plant Selector > Penstemon 'White Bedder' AGM

Characteristics

Plant type

Herbaceous Perennial

Habit

Clump-forming

Resilience

Hardiness

H3 (half hardy - unheated greenhouse/mild winter)

Colour

Flower

White in Summer

Foliage

Green in Autumn, Spring, Summer and Winter

Size

Ultimate height

0.5-1 metres

Ultimate spread

0.1-0.5 metres

Time to ultimate height

2-5 years

Preferred common name

penstemon 'White Bedder'

Family

Plantaginaceae

Penstemon may be deciduous or evergreen perennials or subshrubs, with simple, narrow leaves and racemes or panicles of bell-shaped or funnel-shaped flowers in summer and early autumn

'White Bedder' is a semi-evergreen perennial forming a clump of erect stems to 60cm in height, with ovate leaves and narrow panicles of tubular funnel-shaped white flowers 3.5cm in length

Synonym(s)

Penstemon 'Bisham Seedling'
Penstemon 'Burford White'
Penstemon 'Royal White'
Penstemon 'Snow Storm'
Penstemon 'Snowflake'

Suppliers

Suppliers listed in RHS Plant Finder

Awards

Award of Garden Merit

How to grow

Sunlight

Full sun
Part shade

Aspect

South-facing, East-facing or West-facing

Exposed or Sheltered

Cultivation

Grow in fertile, well-drained soil in full sun or partial shade. In cold areas, protect plant overwinter with dry winter mulch

Soil

Well-drained

Acid, Alkaline or Neutral

Sand, Loam or Chalk

Propagation

Propagate by softwood cuttings in early summer or semi-hardwood cuttings in midsummer. Propagate by division in spring

Suggested planting locations and garden types

Cottage/Informal Garden or Flower borders and beds

How to care

Pruning

Deadhead after flowering to maintain vigour. Then cut back to base in early spring

Pests

May be attacked by slugs, snails, glasshouse red spider mite, and leaf and bud eelworms

Diseases

Generally disease free

Skip to top