Penstemon Barbatus Advice
Hi,
Discovered this penstemon barbatus through my plant ID app. I wanted some advice on what to do with it. It is growing from the top bed of a tiered bed system but then falls off the edge and somehow makes right angles in the lower bed so that it sits upright in the bed below it. Really strange. Wondered if it’s best left where it is or should I train/support it in the upper bed where the main stems come from? Thanks
Its hard to get the right angles on the pictures but the main roots are in the top most bed next to the blue hardy geraniums but all the leaves and flowers are in the back of the lower bed behind the white geraniums.
Discovered this penstemon barbatus through my plant ID app. I wanted some advice on what to do with it. It is growing from the top bed of a tiered bed system but then falls off the edge and somehow makes right angles in the lower bed so that it sits upright in the bed below it. Really strange. Wondered if it’s best left where it is or should I train/support it in the upper bed where the main stems come from? Thanks
Its hard to get the right angles on the pictures but the main roots are in the top most bed next to the blue hardy geraniums but all the leaves and flowers are in the back of the lower bed behind the white geraniums.
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If you want to move it then do that in the autumn.
I cut all the stems back to around 3-4"around late March or April and new shoots soon appear from the ground. It looks like yours hasn't been pruned in a long time.
They love the sun.
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
They're great plants and flower so well for a long time if you cut off the dead flower spikes
Mine seem quite happy baking in the sun and almost never need watering once established
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.