Plant Finder Features How It Works Pricing Testimonials Blog

The UK's leading eCommerce platform for horticulture businesses.

Product

Features
How It Works
Pricing

Company

About
Blog
Contact

Legal

Twitter LinkedIn

penstemon 'Blue Spring' | Plant Finder | Fill My Garden

Home/Plants/Perennials

Plants > Perennials

penstemon 'Blue Spring'

Penstemon heterophyllus 'Blue Spring'

Pollinator Friendly

Genus: Penstemon
Family: Plantaginaceae

About this plant

'Blue Spring' is an evergreen, woody-basedperennial to 45cm tall with narrow, bluish-green, glossy leaves. In summer, it produces dense flower spikes bearing sky-blue funnel-shaped flowers with purple-tinged throats

Growing Information

Height

0.1-0.5 Metres

Spread

0.1-0.5 Metres

Hardiness

Foliage

Evergreen

Growing Conditions

Sunlight

Full Sun

Soil

ClayLoamSandy

AcidAlkalineNeutral

Not Currently Available

This plant is not currently stocked at any garden centres on our platform.

Moisture

Poorly Drained

Aspect

West FacingEast Facing

Exposure

Exposed

Care Guide

Cultivation

Grow in moderately fertile sharply-drained soil in full sun in a sheltered situation. May need a dry winter mulch in frost prone areas

Pruning

Prune any winter-damaged stems back hard to encourage fresh new growth from the base. After flowering, shorten flowered stems by half (unless seed is required) to encourage further flowering

Propagation

Take softwood cuttings in early summer or semi-ripe cuttings in midsummer or propagate by division

Pests

Slugs and snails, aphids and leaf and bud eelworm may be troublesome

Diseases

May be affected by grey mould, powdery mildew and fungal leaf spot

Garden Uses

Uses

Flower BordersCottage InformalGround CoverHedging ScreensWall Side Borders

Planting Places

OutdoorWall Trained

Season of Interest

SpringSummerAutumnWinter

Size & Characteristics

Height

0.1-0.5 Metres

Spread

0.1-0.5 Metres

Habit

Bushy

Time to Full Height

Five To Ten Years