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Penstemon fruticosus
Shrubby Beardtongue
Plant Type:
SUN PERENNIALSPenstemon fruticosus – Showy, two-inch lavender blue-purple flowers adorn this perennial subshrub in early summer and may bloom sporadically thereafter. Dark green leaves remain attractive all season long on a slowly spreading slightly mounding form. Shrubby Beardtongue (sounds like a character from Legend or perhaps the Lord of the Rings trilogy!) has settled happily into our full sun rock garden planted in scrabbled and impoverished soil. Cutting grown.
Characteristics and Attributes for Penstemon fruticosus
Season of Interest (Flowering)
- Summer
Season of Interest (Foliage)
- Spring / Summer / Autumn
Nature Attraction
- Honey Bees & Native Bees
Light
- Full Sun
Attributes
- Bank
- Border
- Drought Tolerant
- Edging
- Foundation
- Rock Garden
Growth Rate in the Garden
- Slow
Soil
- Impoverished
- Scrabbled
- Average
- Sandy
- Draining
- Calcareous
Origins
- Northwestern North America
Propagated By
- Cutting Grown