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Penstemon ‘Catherine de la Mare’

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$9.19 $12.95 In stock

Category: Plants

A cottage garden classic, Penstemon 'Catherine de la Mare' is a long-flowering beauty that thrives with minimal fuss. Its elegant spires of violet-blue, trumpet-shaped blooms create a stunning contrast against deep green foliage, adding soft colour to garden beds for months on end. Highly resilient, it handles heat, dry spells, and light frosts, making it a top choice for Australian gardens. Loved by bees and beneficial insects, this easy-care perennial is perfect for borders, mixed plantings, or as a cut flower.

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Customer Reviews (5.0 / 5 · 5 reviews)

Andrew ★★★★★

These violet-blue trumpets have been blooming non-stop since midsummer, and the spires add such elegant height to my border. I barely water them and they still look picture-perfect.

Edward R. ★★★★★

Planted these in May and the trumpet-shaped blooms have been nonstop ever since, even through a dry spell. The violet-blue color is exactly what my border needed.

Stella ★★★★★

The violet-blue spires are still putting out fresh blooms in late September, which is exactly the long-flowering show I hoped for when I tucked it into the border. It’s been completely hands-off since planting, just a quick deadhead now and then, and the contrast against the silver-leaved neighbors