Penstemon 'Riding Hood'® Red℗

Penstemon 'Riding Hood'® Red℗

Red Riding Hood has good basal branching and thick glossy leaves. This striking novelty offers a superb garden and container performance. It has a deep red perpetual flowering all summer and a scarlet bell shaped flower covesr the slender stems. It can be left in bed for garden décor or used as cut flower.

Final garden height is 60cm/24". We recommend selling in 1L\quart during bedding plant season or right after it. Potting takes place from July through January. Red Riding Hood is hardy USDA 5 zone and it is also drought tolerant. 

Plant Characteristics

Growth HabitUpright
1st Year FloweringYes
USDA Hardiness Zone5
Plant Height60 CM
Flowering PeriodSummer
Flower ColorRed

Plant Growth

Planting TimeSpring
WateringMedium
Light ExposureFull Sun
Growing Temp (°C)16 (night), 20 (day)
Propagation UnitsRooted Cuttings, Unrooted Cuttings.
Available AsConventional.
Sales AreaEU, North America – URC Only.
Quantity Per Bag100
Recommended Pot Sizes (for retailers) Weeks Product Status
1L 6-8

 

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