Flowers the First Year from Seed!
One of the best for cutflowers.
Genus: Penstemon
Species: grandiflorus
Variety: Esprit Mix
Item Form: (P)Pkt of 100 seeds
Zone: 3 – 8
Bloom Start To End: Mid Summer – Mid Fall
Habit: Upright
Seeds Per Pack: 100
Plant Height: 24 in – 2 ft 6 in
Plant Width: 12 in
Bloom Size: 2 in
Additional Characteristics: Bloom First Year,Butterfly Lovers,Easy Care Plants,Evergreen,Free Bloomer,Hummingbird Lovers,Long Bloomers
Bloom Color: Light Purple,Mix,Pink,Red,White
Foliage Color: Medium Green,Silver/Gray
Light Requirements: Full Sun
Moisture Requirements: Dry,Moist, well-drained
Resistance: Cold Hardy,Disease Resistant,Drought Tolerant,Heat Tolerant
Soil Tolerance: Normal, loamy,Poor
Uses: Beds,Border,Containers,Cut Flowers
(P)?Pkt of 100 seeds
One of the largest-flowered and most colorful Penstemons yet, Esprit Mix offers a range of pink-, red-, and purple-toned blooms with crisp white eyes. Blooming the first year from seed if started early, it can be raised as an annual everywhere it isn’t hardy, and is quite drought-tolerant once established in the garden.
Esprit Mix offers 2-inch tubular blooms crowded along tall, very long-lasting stems. In flower the plant reaches 24 to 30 inches high in the sunny garden, a magnet for butterflies and bees. Native to the Great Plains, this happy-go-lucky perennial loves dry soil and doesn’t mind poor fertility, heat, or other stresses.
Spreading about a foot wide, Esprit Mix is a fine choice for containers as well as the sunny border. The foliage is silvery-green and held well below the blooms, in neat rosettes. Evergreen in mild climates, this is a hardy native plant you shouldn’t miss! Pkt is 100 seeds.
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