Penstemon Pinifolius

Foxglove Beardtongue is a pollinator magnet, attracting a wide variety of bees to the early summer garden, including honeybees, mason bees, bumblebees and even hummingbirds and butterflies.

This perennial wildflower looks spectacular when grown in masses and can make a stunning statement in a large-scale meadow. This native purple flower also attracts a variety of bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds to the late spring/early summer garden.

The flowers are perfectly shaped to accommodate, who spend their nesting period at the Penstemon snack bar.Each flower has five petals and they come in hues of lavender, salmon, pink, red and white.

Cuttings and simple layering are simple as the plants often root as they creep over the soil surface.If you are Penstemon-lover or a grower or alpine plants, then this group of ‘shrubby beardtongues' is an indispensable addition to your garden!

Shortly after getting married I had a conversation with my wife about botanical gardens. The food is exquisite and when sitting outside you can take delight in the beautiful landscape that surrounds you.

The throat is bright white which offers a stark contrast to the deeply colored outer edges. With around 100 Penstemon species to choose from, finding native, beautiful plants is easy.

Gently rake over the area covering to a depth of 1/8 to 1/4 inch or 2-3 times the seed diameter. Height: 18 to 36″ tall. Rocky Mountain Penstemon ( Penstemon strictus ) is native to the southern and central portions of the Rocky Mountains and grows...

Thoroughly mix your seeds with 1 cup of sand. Hand scatter this mixture onto bare ground. Seed: Sept – Dec Bloom Height: 6 – 12″ Sun: Full Sun 200 Seeds / Covers 10 sq ft PLANTING DIRECTIONS: The best time to plant native wildflowers is during the...

( Penstemon procerus ) This showy flower has incredible stalks of small flowers ranging in color from deep purple to shades of blue and pink. Seed: Sept – May Bloom Height: 12 – 16″ Sun: Full Sun, some shade 500 Seeds / Covers 10 sq ft PLANTING...

A multitude of tall spikes of small purple foxglove like blooms are born in spring on this evergreen native perennial. Reseeds readily. Great for butterflies, bees, & birds. Excellent as a cut flower.

Dark purple flower stems hold its lilac purple flowers with their white flaring tubes high above the low mound of deep eggplant purple leaves. ‘Blackbeard' stays strictly upright all season long with no lodging.

Tubular, crimson-red blooms are a beacon to hummingbirds and butterflies. This native perennial grows 16-18 in. Flowers in profusion from June to September. Prefers full sun to partial shade.

Placement & Cultivation Attractive to bees, humming birds, and butterflies, but not deer, Penstemon makes a great border. Flowering: Racemes of rosy-lavender tubular, two-lipped blooms, about 1.5" long Seeds: Flowers turn into fruit capsules containing...

Spacing: 16-20". These big purple flowered Penstemon put on a terrific display of color all summer long. Loved by hummingbirds and butterflies these plants are drought, heat and deer resistant and are perfect in containers.

Large spikes of pure white foxglove-like flowers are born over a long period through spring and often well into summer on this beautiful clump forming native perennial. This wildflower's popularity for bouquets has made it nearly endangered in some areas.

Thoroughly mix your seeds with 1 cup of sand. Hand scatter this mixture onto bare ground. Seed: Sept – May Bloom Height: 15 – 18″ Sun: Full Sun, some shade 500 Seeds / Covers 10 sq ft PLANTING DIRECTIONS: The best time to plant native wildflowers...

This is also a good choice for wildflower gardens. Nodding Penstemon produces loose spikes of 1" light pink to nearly lavender tubular flowers in spring. A drought tolerant clump forming native perennial with a tidy habit that attracts Hummingbirds, butterflies,...

Thoroughly mix your seeds with 1 cup of sand. Hand scatter this mixture onto bare ground. Seed: Sept – May Bloom Height: 5 – 10″ Sun: Full Sun 150 Seeds / Covers 10 sq ft PLANTING DIRECTIONS: The best time to plant native wildflowers is during the...

Plant them in full sun and watch as hummingbirds feast on their delicious nectar. Penstemons are very drought tolerant perennials that are easy to grow and are rarely bothered by insects or diseases.

Plant them in full sun and watch as hummingbirds feast on their delicious nectar. Penstemons are very drought tolerant perennials that are easy to grow and are rarely bothered by insects or diseases.

Deer resistant. Grows 18-24" tall and 18" wide in sunny garden areas. The compact plants produce lots of flowers during the long late spring to mid-summer blooming period that are very attractive to hummingbirds and butterflies.

This Beardtongue grows spires of tubular flowers that are so big they dwarf the foliage, and yet the stems hold their picture-perfect form without any need for pruning! A standout in the Cha Chatm series, Lavender boasts soft purple blooms all season...

Easy to grow in full sun and in fertile, well-drained soil, Rocky Mountain Penstemon can be direct-sown. It will come true from seed, so let it self-sow for years of effortless color! Pkt is 100 seeds.

After all, such startling color is too good to deny your vases! Zones 7-9. A pollinator magnet that you will want to steal for your cutflower arrangements, Cha Chatm Cherry is one of the brightest blooms in the sunny border.

It is not always a long lived perennial but readily reseeds on exposed soils if given the opportunity. Spike-like clusters of large, white, two-lipped tubular flowers are produced in mid to late spring atop rosettes of red tinged foliage.

And no wonder! This purple variety introduces a whole new color into the Beard-tongue family, as well as flowering the first year from seed. Twizzle is a fine choice for containers as well as the sunny border.

‘Twizzle's tall, dreamy spikes—spangled with petite, zingy deep-red blooms—bring colorful sizzle to the flowerbed or patio container from early summer into autumn. Aflutter with winged pollinators, gorgeous foxglove cousin thrives in full sun and...