Dee's Gardens
Common Name
Stiff Beardtongue
Botanical Name
Penstemon strictus
Zones
3,4,5,6,7,8
Light Requirements
Full Sun
Water Needs
Average to Low - Drought Tolerant
Soil
Rich very well drained
Height
18"
Spread
12-15"
Critter
Attracts hummingbirds
Other
Penstemon should be grown in very well
drain soil of average fertility.
Plant Size
  
 
 
Penstemon strictus has blue-violet trumpet
shaped flowers on thin spikes that bloom
prolifically in early summer.  Beardtongue are
drought tolerant, easy to grow and rarely
bothered by insects or diseases.  Nice cut
flower.