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Post by Tig on Jun 22, 2013 12:08:29 GMT
Does this one look like Sour Grapes?  While I'm here, I'll share Blue Springs - almost florescent and very difficult to get a photo which shows the colour!  |
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Post by Ladygardener on Jun 23, 2013 5:12:59 GMT
I can't answer your question Tig about the Sour Grapes but I'm sure someone will later on. I was lucky enough to be able to grow Blue Springs from seeds Jasmine shared with me one year but I moved it and it never appeared again. The colour is very special. Penstemons don't really do for me although I do have a nice little clump of Hidcote Pink this year, not a sign of any buds 'tho. |
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Post by Jasmine on Jun 23, 2013 7:33:53 GMT
If it is sour grapes Tig then it is a cutting from the cutting that SR very kindly allowed me to have from Sissinghurst!  |
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Post by Auricula on Jun 23, 2013 8:31:12 GMT
Looks like sour grapes to me and I love the colour of blue springs
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Post by Tig on Jun 23, 2013 9:53:15 GMT
I did have a Sour Grapes a few years ago, but those two really harsh winters killed it off. I am mighty privileged now I have a tiny bit of Sissinghurst in my garden, thanks once again to Jas I did well with the Blue Springs seed Jasmine shared too. I had several and still have one survivor in the front borders. They seem to like slightly different conditions from the rest of my penstemons, I have to treat them similar to alpines. |
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Post by Missredhead on Jun 14, 2015 11:24:44 GMT
After Jasmine gave me some plants a while ago I never seemed to get many flowers...well this year I have this....  no idea which ones they are though here is a closer pic....  |
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Post by Jasmine on Jun 14, 2015 14:12:13 GMT
Is that Angelface behind your penstemon Missy? The penstemon has the most amazing amount of flowers! I think it's the one with a slightly rude name!
I might be going mad/have gone mad even but isn't the bottom picture a foxglove? It's lovely too!
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Post by Missredhead on Jun 14, 2015 19:34:39 GMT
Yes it is Angelface Jasmine, it has so many buds on it I have had to prop it up.... I have had another look and the only foxgloves that I have are pink and the second pic is of one of the flowers on the edge of the 'bunch'...maybe the Penstemons have been invaded  |
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Post by Jasmine on Jun 16, 2015 18:49:28 GMT
I must go and look at the Purple Willy in my garden Missy! So to speak!!!!!  |
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Post by Tig on Jun 16, 2015 19:22:39 GMT
It appears to have been a good year for purple penstemons, both sour grapes & purple Willy have gone mad (both courtesy of Jasmine a few years ago  ) PW isn't fully open yet, but sour grapes is  |
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Post by Ladygardener on Jun 19, 2015 6:21:47 GMT
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Post by Missredhead on Jul 29, 2015 18:14:48 GMT
Thank you LG..... Jasmine...when do I cut them back as there aren't any flowers now? |
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Post by Jasmine on Jul 30, 2015 9:41:59 GMT
Cut the spent flower heads off Missy and you should get some more flower spikes!
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Post by Missredhead on Jul 30, 2015 20:21:22 GMT
OK thanks..will do that at the weekend when I am childless(hopefully)
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Post by andy on Aug 2, 2015 5:23:55 GMT
Don't forget that Penstemons are easy to grow from seed, usually flowering in the year of sowing.
I grew Huskers red and lilac frost this year and both are doing well.
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Post by Missredhead on Aug 2, 2015 12:35:57 GMT
I tried that Andy but mine didnt germinate.....Jasmine has given me cuttings over the years and this year has seen them flower for the first time...
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