Penstemon / Beardtongue. This North American native plant produces charming colorful tubular flowers that attract butterflies and hummingbirds.
Beardtongues
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Penstemon, the beardtongues, is a large genus of roughly 280 species of flowering plants native to North America from northern Canada to Central America. It is the largest genus of flowering plants endemic to North America. Wikipedia
Family: Plantaginaceae
Scientific name: Penstemon
Height: 6 to 72 inches
Genus: Penstemon; Schmidel
Kingdom: Plantae
Tribe: Cheloneae
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A favorite of hummingbirds, Penstemon plants are low-care, big-color wildflowers that grow quickly when planted in the spring.
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Grand Penstemon - Plant ; Bloom Color, Lavender/Purple ; Height, 2' - 3' ; Bloom Time, Spring/Early Summer ; Soil Type/Habitat, DM, D, S & Sav.
Penstemon – How to Grow and Care for Beardtongue Plants
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Penstemons do best in well-drained, slightly alkaline soil and will even grow in soils that are mostly sand or gravel.
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Penstemon x mexicali Red Rocks (Beardtongue) is a superb hybrid variety that blooms most of the summer with large rose-pink flowers.
Penstemons are perennials known for their tubular flowers, attracting pollinators like bees and hummingbirds. With around 282 species, these hardy plants can be ...
These plants have attractive needle-like evergreen foliage. The flowers, multiple blooms rising on narrow, delicate spikes, are tubular and most commonly found ...
This native to North and Central America is know for its showy tubular- to bell-shaped flowers. Penstemons make beautiful cut flowers.
Penstemon is a dramatically beautiful, tall, slender plant. The cultivar 'Husker Red' has maroon foliage and light pinkish flowers.
An easy-care North American native plant, penstemon tolerates heat and drought and looks amazing when planted in large groups or drifts in beds and borders.