Exposure • Sun

Critter Resistance • Deer Resistant

Nature Attraction • Butterflies • Hummingbirds

Season of Interest (Flowering) • Summer • Foliage

Bloom Color • Purple • Apricot

Attributes • Good Cut Flowers • Drought Tolerant • Salt Tolerant

Water Requirements • Prefers well-drained soil

Penstemon strictus 'Midnight Blue'

Beardtongue

Showy, long-blooming spikes of tubular, dark purple flowers that fade to a lighter color toward the center rise above rosettes of narrow foliage. Beautiful at garden's edge or in rock gardens.

Penstemon (pen'-steh-mon)

Family: Scrophulariaceae · Common Name: Beardtongue

This large group has both low-growing and upright-growing plants. The tubular flowers are mainly red, pink or lavender, but some have yellow flowers. The flowers line the spikes, some nodding gently, others facing straight out. All need well-drained soil.