![]() ![]() Twizzle can be marketed as a premium plant in 12-18 cm / 4-7 in. When started from an autumn sowing the plants will flower in spring and early summer the plants will bloom from a spring sowing in summer and late summer without vernalisation. Growers can grow Twizzle as a cool crop and also outside, for a long sales season. Well-established plants in the garden are fairly drought tolerant and winter hardy. This Penstemon series is pollinator friendly it attracts many kinds of bees and hummingbirds. Penstemon barbartus Twizzle is quietly elegant, bringing a relaxed, natural-looking display to herbaceous borders. Tall stems covered in small scarlet, bell like flowers adding height to borders as they gently sway in the breeze, attracting beneficial insects. Twizzle adds height and elegance to annual and perennial borders and can be used in various creative landscaping combinations. Penstemon Barbatus Twizzle Scarlet Description Bred to be first year flowering, yet still resembling the elegance of the wild penstemon. Tall stems covered in small scarlet, bell like flowers adding. ![]() The plants have strong upright stems and long airy spikes with tubular flowers. Bred to be first year flowering, yet still resembling the elegance of the wild penstemon. All have a natural and elegant plant habit and an excellent garden performance. ![]() Please note, the contents of this blog reflect the views of its author, which are not necessarily those of the RHS.Twizzle is a first-year-flowering Penstemon series consisting of five beautiful colours and a mixture. You can order seed of Penstemon ‘Twizzle Scarlet’ from Plants of Distinction. Twizzle Scarlet penstemon a first-year flowering perennial, blooming June to September, and is a beautiful addition to your beds, borders, and containers. When I saw it in the summer I admired its prolific flowering, its bright colour and its natural elegance. Description Penstemon, Twizzle Scarlet P. 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. For that’s its other claim to fame: this colourful perennial flowers well in its first year from a spring sowing. 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. All have a natural and elegant plant habit and an. 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. Twizzle is a first-year-flowering Penstemon series consisting of five beautiful colours and a mixture. And it’s won a Gold Medal from Fleuroselect, the Europe-wide flower seed trialling organisation. 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. Twizzle Scarlet penstemon a first-year flowering perennial, blooming June to September, and is a beautiful addition to your beds, borders, and containers. Malvern Autumn Show - 22–24 September 2023.RHS Garden Wisley Flower Show - 5–10 September 2023.RHS Garden Rosemoor Flower Show - 18–20 August 2023.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. RHS Garden Hyde Hall Flower Show - 2–6 August 2023 Penstemon barbatus ‘Twizzle Scarlet’ is an award winning hardy perennial. This stunning range has long spikes of graceful flowers on strong upright stems, much taller than other Penstemons.RHS Flower Show Tatton Park - 19–23 July 2023.Plants are vigorous and low maintenance, and will perform best in full sun and well-drained soil. The upright stems are smothered in 2cm tubular flowers of either Scarlet, Purple or Coral Pink, adding height and elegance to a border garden. The Coral, Purple, or Scarlet 1' tubular flowers from early-summer to fall will attract hummingbirds and bees in your garden. Penstemon Twizzle Mix NZ 4.95 Award winning first year flowering Penstemon in an array of strong colours. RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - 4–9 July 2023 The award-winning flowering series from seed offers three varieties with an upright habit and superb flowering performance. ![]()
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