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Penstemon query

Vh72Vh72 Posts: 127
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I had about 8 penstemon plants last year.  None are showing any new shoots so far.  Should they be sprouting by now or are they all dead.

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  • RoddersUKRoddersUK Posts: 537
    I have some showing, some not. Time will tell.

    Did you cut them back at the end of the season or this spring?
  • PerkiPerki Posts: 2,527
    A lot of penstemon have perished this winter, I would expect some signs of life by now 
  • punkdocpunkdoc Posts: 15,039
    Mine are dead, but the cuttings overwintered in a cold g/h are fine.
    How can you lie there and think of England
    When you don't even know who's in the team

    S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Not all of them are fully hardy, in any winter,  depending on your location, so you may have lost them.
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    Much more reliable in the south. P Garnet has survived in a neighbours garden here over winter, one of the more hardy forms.
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    I even lost Garnet this winter.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • Vh72Vh72 Posts: 127
    Thanks for all the replies.  I cut them back in this spring.  Just spoken to my sister who lives nearby and both of hers are dead.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Some of mine have the odd frail looking leaf so I'm hoping for the best. A blue one -  not sure if it's sour grapes or heavenly blue has romped away with world domination in mind.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Slow-wormSlow-worm Posts: 1,630
    Mine are ok, one or two are only just greening up though. 
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