#penstemon dark towers

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Penstemon 'dark towers'.

I just love the contrast of the pink flowers and dark foliage!

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Penstemon "Dark towers"

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Penstemon 'dark towers'

Have three of these in a triangle, with a lil family of ducks!! 🦆

Been very slow growing these but in the past few weeks have tripled in size. I hope they'll flower this year. They have dark, almost black leaves with pastel pink flower heads. Such a pretty combo!

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Bee landing into penstemon (2023)

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Received my penstemon 'dark towers' in the mail today! They look so healthy which is a pleasant surprise. I potted them up where for a few weeks they will remain until cold weather passes and they establish roots. Then they'll be ready to plant in the ground. I Included a photo for reference of what they look like once grown.

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It's been a busy morning for me! Had a few plants ready to plant on my day off, then another 7 arrived today! Scroll down for some updates!

The new border I created at the back of my garden. I began this a few weeks prior but it needed topping up with some compost and I filled in some more spaces with plants.

Bottom left and bottom right are dianthus 'rocking red'. In the centre is a fern and in front of the fern is a couple of campanulas and a lithodora. In the upper left is a sea holly (eryngium) and upper right is a baptisia. Between two rockery stones is a sedum 'atlantis'. Either side of the big penny stepping stone are penstemon 'dark towers'.

A closer look at the sedum 'atlantis'.

The wildlife pond. I'm hoping for a frog to come and make its home here. The aquatic plants are growing as well as the bulbs I planted around it. My garden is prone to slugs which destroy some plants so I'm hoping a frog will come and eat them!!!

A little experiment of mine. I began making my own compost last year. Want to test its effectiveness so I bought two achillea plants of the same size and planted them in the same sized pots. The pot on the left is my homemade compost and on the right from a garden centre. I don't expect mine to be as good but I'm just curious!

Just some things I planted out in the border today and a spare dianthus.