Penstemon hybrid | Susan | Beardtongue French country cottage A Gardener's Five Year Notebook

A Gardener's Five Year Notebook from the RHS makes it easy to record what happens in the garden over a five-year period

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The plant will then put all its energy into that single flower bud on each stem

The foliage is blue green and oval with contrasting reddish coloured stems

Flowering profusely in late summer right through autumn

Penstemon hybrid | Susan | Beardtongue French country cottage A Gardener's Five Year NotebookSusan is a very cute and compact perennial plant with elegant narrow, evergreen foliage with dainty trumpet shaped flowers of pink and creamy white. Grows to just 60 cm by 60 cm tall and wide, she forms a clump which is easily divided. Plant in sun or part shade and cut back the stems as the flowers fade to encourage more blooms and to keep her in shape she'll show off for you the whole of spring, summer and into autumn! Add compost to the base in