Plant Guardians

Penstemon ‘Red Ace’


Description:

Described in The Gardener's Guide to Growing Penstemons (Way & James) in 1998 as 'a distinct red shade and likely the largest and most persistent of the red flowered cultivars'. Earliest known record dates from 1994 from Norwell Nurseries, Newark.

Threat Status: Threatened In Cultivation As assessed by the Plant Heritage Threatened Plants Programme. For more details see www.plantheritage.org.uk/conservation/threatened-plants/

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