This first year flowering perennial boasts taller flower stems than the existing varieties on the market while preserving the natural elegance of Penstemon barbatus. Loose terminal racemes of reddish-orange, two-lipped, tubular flowers (to 2 long) atop erect, rigid stems bloom from. Penstemon barbatus ‘Twizzle’ adds a graceful twist to the garden. It is a clump-forming perennial that typically grows 1.5-3’ tall. Tubular, 1' blooms flower profusely on long slender stalks making this beauty a magnet for pollinators from mid to late summer. Twizzle is a fine choice for containers as well as the sunny border. Penstemon barbatus, commonly called southwestern penstemon, is native to rocky slopes and open woodlands from Utah and Colorado to Arizona, Texas and Mexico. Twizzle Purple Penstemon 08978 Questions Call 1-80 2017 AAS Winner Judges were impressed with this first-year flowering perennial for its upright plant habit and superb flowering performance. It loves dry soil and doesn't mind poor fertility, heat, or other stresses. Quite drought-tolerant once established in the garden, Twizzle sets masses of 1- to 1½-inch tubular blooms that serve as sirens to every pollinator in the neighborhood. Sow seeds in fall for earlier spring blooms, or start indoors in late winter for first-year summer blooms.
Provides long lasting color in mixed borders, containers and patio planters. Grows in a compact, deciduous clumping habit. Beardtongue flowers are a hummingbird feast. Numerous, upright stems lined with an abundance of vivid, scarlet-red tubular flowers. Let it self-sow in your garden or collect the seeds in fall and plant them wherever you want an injection of summer-long color!įourth, it's versatile. Penstemon barbatus 'Twizzle Scarlet' is an award winning hardy perennial. This means the plant will come true from seed. Second, it has a new habit: half the foliage of older varieties and twice the length of flowering stem! This means you get longer, more elegant wands for the vase without sacrificing an inch of plant size! And still, it's compact enough to put in containers. This in itself would be enough reason to put Twizzle at the top of your list: no more waiting around a whole vernalization period for blooms! The little scarlet flowers are crammed so tightly along lengthy stems, the bees and butterflies can't even empty out all the nectar! barbatus) flowers the first year from seed. we know, it's a cliche, but in this case it's true! Please give Twizzle a go! Here's why:įirst, this Beard-lip (the species is P. Recipient of Europe's highest seed award, Twizzle is a breeding breakthrough extraordinaire! If you try only one new flower from seed this year.