![]() ![]() ![]() Use three plants for a 15 cm pot or plant out at a 35cm x 35cm distance in a sunny spot in the bed. Flowering takes place about 90 to 100 days after sowing. Cultivate plants relatively dry in well-drained soil, spray fungicide if necessary. Grow on at 16-18☌ and transplant after 30 days in containers or later directly into the garden. Cover lightly with vermiculite and keep moist, not wet for optimal germination. The Coral, Purple, or Scarlet flowers from early-summer to fall will attract hummingbirds and bees in your garden. For a spring crop, sow in February-April at 20☌. 2017 Fleuroselect Novelty Winner.The award-winning flowering series from seed offers three varieties with an upright habit and superb flowering performance. Growing: Sow in autumn, overwinter frost free and transplant in the final container in February-March. Twizzle Scarlet penstemon a first-year flowering perennial, blooming June to September, and is a beautiful addition to your beds, borders, and containers. Height 70-80 cm, spread 40 cm, upright plant form Vigorous, well-branched plants for landscaping. Sowing: Sow between February and April for first year flowers, or sow in September for early summer flowering the next year. With Twizzle, Van Hemert & Co has successfully managed to create a brand new variety that has longer flower stems than the cultivated varieties currently on the market. Penstemon barbatus ‘Twizzle Scarlet’ has been awarded the Fleuroselect Gold Medal for striking colour, plant habit, and all round flowering performance. Penstemons are part of the foxglove family and native to North America however Europe has traditionally been far more active in the hybridization of these tubular-flowered beauties. Twizzle, a true star turn for the summer and autumn garden. Attracting bees and hummingbirds, this perennial brings back wildlife to the garden. Consumers will love this beauty because it adds height and colour to patio containers and annual/perennial borders. The strong, low maintenance plants truly stand out on the bench and will look wonderful in inspirational plant combinations. Twizzle offers a wide sales window as it can be sown in spring for the summer season or in autumn for a spring crop. Growers will see the benefits of this seed-grown Penstemon barbatus which can be marketed as a premium plant in large pots (12-18 cm). In addition to the striking red colour, the jury especially noted the new plant habit and superb flowering performance during the first year, therefore awarding this new Penstemon barbatus a welldeserved 2017 Gold Medal. This award is only given to varieties that truly excel in innovation, beauty, use and overall performance in the Fleuroselect trials. Bred to be first year flowering, yet still resembling the elegance of the wild penstemon. In detailĪ Gold Medal signifies a breakthrough in breeding. Twizzle is the perfect strong, but gentle touch for pots, containers and bedding. It blooms over a long period, stretching from summer to autumn and attracts beneficial insects in the garden. Twizzle is a beautiful border plant thriving in a sunny spot and well-drained soil. 70-80 cm) present small bell-shaped flowers in vivid scarlet. has taller flower stems than the existing varieties on the market while preserving the natural elegance of wild Penstemon. containers.This first year flowering perennial from Van Hemert & Co. Twizzle can be marketed as a premium plant in 12-18 cm / 4-7 in. When started from an autumn sowing the plants will flower in spring and early summer the plants will bloom from a spring sowing in summer and late summer without vernalisation. Growers can grow Twizzle as a cool crop and also outside, for a long sales season. Well-established plants in the garden are fairly drought tolerant and winter hardy. ![]() This Penstemon series is pollinator friendly it attracts many kinds of bees and hummingbirds. Penstemon barbartus Twizzle is quietly elegant, bringing a relaxed, natural-looking display to herbaceous borders. Twizzle adds height and elegance to annual and perennial borders and can be used in various creative landscaping combinations. The plants have strong upright stems and long airy spikes with tubular flowers. All have a natural and elegant plant habit and an excellent garden performance. Twizzle is a first-year-flowering Penstemon series consisting of five beautiful colours and a mixture. ![]()
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