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Beardtongue Wisley Flame in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Penstemon Pinifolius 'Wisley Flame'

 

Beardtongue 'Wisley Flame'

'Wisley Flame' is a dwarf evergreen shrub with bright orange-red, tubular flowers in summer. It forms a low, bushy mound with green leaves that resemble pine needles. Flowers appear in early to mid-summer.

 
plant Features
  • Beardtongue Wisley Flame likes full sun

    Full sun

  • Beardtongue Wisley Flame likes very little water

    Very little water

  • Beardtongue Wisley Flame is a little frost hardy: 32f (0°c)

    A little frost hardy: 32F (0°C)

  • Beardtongue Wisley Flame likes free draining and fertile

    Free draining and fertile

 
plant information

Common name

Beardtongue 'Wisley Flame'

Latin name

Penstemon Pinifolius 'Wisley Flame'

type

Herbaceous Perennials

family

Plantaginaceae

ph

5.0 - 7.0 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Beardtongue Wisley Flame likes full sun

    Full sun

  • Frost

    Beardtongue Wisley Flame is a little frost hardy: 32f (0°c)

    A little frost hardy: 32F (0°C)

  • Soil

    Beardtongue Wisley Flame likes free draining and fertile

    Free draining and fertile

  • Water

    Beardtongue Wisley Flame likes very little water

    Very little water

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full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Beardtongue Wisley Flame is 0.35meters x 0.60meters 0.35 M 0.60 M

Penstemon Pinifolius 'Wisley Flame'

'Wisley Flame' is a dwarf evergreen shrub with bright orange-red, tubular flowers in summer. It forms a low, bushy mound with green leaves that resemble pine needles. Flowers appear in early to mid-summer.


Flowering Season

From Early Summer TO Mid Autumn

1 inch long flowers are produced from early Summer.to mid Autumn

 

Planting Outdoors Spring

From Early Spring TO Early Spring

Plant in early spring. They do well in ordinary garden soil and in a sunny position.

 

Propogation by cuttings

From Mid Summer TO Late Summer

Take 3 inch long cuttings of non-flowering lateral shoots in mid to late summer and insert into a mixture of 1 part peat, 1 part sand and 2 parts loam. Plant in a cold frame and plant out the rooted cuttings in spring.

 
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