SIX PENSTEMONS ..

These are lovely ones Amy. Mine are still flowering to, what a weird time it has been.

Definitely going to have some of those next year .

Smashing six penstemons :o)

They are real beauties Amy...

It's a very strange year Drc.. I have a new Hollyhock planted this year that is just bursting into flower ..you should have some Driad you won't regret it ! Thanks TT / Lincs .. I'm going to be sorry if we have frosts :o(

Wow - they're all great! ;-0

Lovely, especially the Bramble Berry Amy!

I love the Czar, bought it this year with Sour Grapes and Bodnant..the Bodnet the only one that has flowered so far..yours are looking fantastic Amy!!

Beautiful,Amy..I especially like Bramble Berry too..:o)

King George is gorgeous, such a vibrant colour. Great selection, Amy.

Thank you Sheilar / Sheila I like the names some of them sound good enough to eat , I have the Sour Grapes Tet I haven't seen the Bodnet do you have a photo of it ? thanks Sandra Bramble Berry is a pretty one ... King George has lovely big flowers Gee one of my favs..

Sorry its Bodnant Amy! My head faster than my fingers! You can see a pic on my Purple Flower blog.

Amy ours are still going strong also, I do not like to cut them back, just in case we have a bad winter.....

I will be off to have a look Tet ... they a lovely almost an all year round plant aren't they Angela we always cut ours down but we also take a lot of cuttings to replace any that don't make it through the winter , I have found as well that you can layer a stem into the ground with a piece of bent wire where it will happily take root you can then move it to where ever you like ........

Amy when do you layer yours?

I use to do it at any time in the summer Angela , I don't see why you can't do it now so that they can become established over winter , I only found out by accident one day when I was tidying up and found the stems laying sideways had rooted where they had become covered in soil , Good luck with it !

They are looking really good for November are'nt they.

Thats a great tip Amy...wonder if it will work with phlox and perhaps erysimum bowles mauve? Might be worth a try!

they are pretty Amy, i had two but lost them, are they fussy where they are planted.

They are all Beautiful Amy, wouldnt like to choose between them, Janette sent me two cuttings which I lost last winter think one was Czar, good luck with yours;0)

I'm not sure about that Tet the Penstemons grow kind of hairy roots from the stems It's always worth a try !
Our soil is acid San I don't know if that makes a difference .. That's a shame Carole your winters are colder than ours perhaps to cold ... :o(

They are all lovely Amy. Thanks for the layering tip!

Ive got a feeling that phlox do too..but erysimums might be a bit like carnations...

Thanks Amy might try that tomorrow....nothing ventured.

I bet they jeer up the garden at this time of year..

I have Penstemon 'Catherine de la Mare' a low grower that spreads and layers itself naturally, I never thought about trying some of my taller ones. Thanks for the tip Amy, I will be out in the gardening pinning them all down at the weekend Lol! Whatever the weather ;o)

I have 'Garnet' which is still flowering but sadly lost a well established clump of 'Sour Grapes' to last winter's weather. Mine have self-layered in the past too. Hope the pinning goes well.

They certainly do Mushy , Lol Angela / Annella I can see you out there now, come on in it's coffee time :o)))
It seems that a lot of you have found out that they do self -layer Xela it's a shame you lost your Sour Grapes ;o(