Plant-A-Day 2020 (Day 182) Penstemon hybrids

Started from seed in 2017 for the memory garden, I don’t recall for sure from where the seeds came or the identity of the cultivar. Four of the plants remain in that garden and have cheery tubular flowers with contrasting throats and feature jellybean colors of purple and pink. They get about 15″ tall and are nicely uniform, starting to bloom here in late June, which times out perfectly after the columbines and lupines.

My 2020 plans for these plants are to cut them back after flowering, keep the weeds at bay, feed them, and hope they don’t die out like so many of the short-lived penstemon hybrids.