Penstemon digitalis | Charles Rudd | Beardtongue Giftware Use caution and wear gloves

Use caution and wear gloves when harvesting

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The foliage is an attractive silvery grey-green

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Penstemon digitalis | Charles Rudd | Beardtongue Giftware Use caution and wear glovesCharles Rudd is a gorgeous berry wine purple colour that gets people talking when they see it. This is a compact variety growing to 60cm and producing spikes of large bell like blooms for up to 8 months of the year. Trim back the spent flower stems for repeat flowering flushes throughout spring, summer and autumn. Grows into an upright bushy evergreen clump up to 40 cm wide, and doesn't mind sun or part shade to grow in. Great value in the garden, the