Twizzle is a fine choice for containers as well as the sunny border. 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. Penstemon ‘Twizzle Scarlet’ is a prolific new first-year flowering perennial. 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. This means the plant will come true from seed. Twizzle Scarlet penstemon a first-year flowering perennial, blooming June to September, and is a beautiful addition to your beds, borders, and containers. 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! And it’s won a Gold Medal from Fleuroselect, the Europe-wide flower seed trialling organisation.
Penstemon twizzle scarlet series#
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. barbatus) flowers the first year from seed. Penstemon ‘Twizzle Scarlet’ is a prolific new first-year flowering perennial. 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. Please note, the contents of this blog reflect the views of its author, which are not necessarily those of the RHS.Recipient of Europe's highest seed award, Twizzle is a breeding breakthrough extraordinaire! If you try only one new flower from seed this year. You can order seed of Penstemon ‘Twizzle Scarlet’ from Plants of Distinction.
When I saw it in the summer I admired its prolific flowering, its bright colour and its natural elegance. 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. Twizzle Scarlet Beard Tongue has masses of beautiful spikes of scarlet tubular flowers with white centers rising above the foliage from early summer to early. For that’s its other claim to fame: this colourful perennial flowers well in its first year from a spring sowing. Most of these bloom in late spring and early summer. The result is a long season of flower from July to September - from seed sown earlier the same year. A very large group of plants indigenous to North America the varieties on our list are all hardy to zone 4 unless noted. 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. 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. Blooms all summer long and attracts bees & hummingbirds. Tall spikes add transparent height to the landscape. And it’s won a Gold Medal from Fleuroselect, the Europe-wide flower seed trialling organisation. Noted for its narrow plant habit and superb flowering performance, this is a hardy perennial that blooms first year. Malvern Autumn Show - 23–25 September 2022.RHS Garden Wisley Flower Show - 6–11 September 2022.RHS Garden Rosemoor Flower Show - 19–21 August 2022.RHS Garden Hyde Hall Flower Show - 3–7 August 2022.
Beardtongue flowers are a hummingbird feast. Numerous, upright stems lined with an abundance of vivid, scarlet-red tubular flowers. RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival - 4–9 July 2022 Penstemon barbatus Twizzle Scarlet is an award winning hardy perennial.RHS Garden Harlow Carr Flower Show - 23–26 June 2022.RHS Botanical Art and Photography Show - 9–29 April 2022.RHS Garden Wisley Spring and Orchid Show - 25–27 March 2022.
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