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Penstemon 'George Home' AGM

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Characteristics

Plant type

Herbaceous Perennial

Habit

Bushy

Resilience

Hardiness

H3 (half hardy - unheated greenhouse/mild winter)

Colour

Flower

Red and White in Autumn and Summer

Foliage

Dark 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 'George Home'

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

'George Home' is a clump-forming perennial to 70cm tall, with narrow, dark green foliage and tubular bright red flowers 2.5cm long, the throat and mouth white, opening in late summer and autumn

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 a dry winter mulch

Soil

Well-drained

Acid, Alkaline or Neutral

Chalk, Loam or Sand

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

City/Courtyard Gardens, Coastal, Cottage/Informal Garden, Flower borders and beds or Wall-side Borders

How to care

Pruning

Deadhead after flowering to maintain vigour, then cut back to base in winter

Pests

May be attacked by slugs, snails and chrysanthemum eelworms

Diseases

May be subject to a downy mildew

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