Name: Hairy Beardtongue
Brand: NVK Nurseries
SKU: 1873-1G
Price: 10.0 CAD
Availability: OutOfStock

Penstemon hirsutus

This upright perennial bears purple flowers in spring summer.

Purple flowers are produced in spring summer, providing colour through the bloom season.
Upright clump, reaching 60 cm at maturity; divide every three to four years to maintain vigour.
Best in full sun to partial shade to full shade with moist, average, dry, well-drained soil.

Size

1 litre

1 gal

50 plugs per tray

$12.00

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Quantity

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Plant Characteristics

Sunlight

Full sun, Partial shade, Shade

Soil Moisture

Well-drained, Moist, Dry, Average

Drought Tolerant

✓

Hardiness Zone

3 – 3

Mature Height (meters)

0.5 – 0.6

Mature Spread (meters)

0.4 – 0.5

Growth Rate

Medium

Flower Colour

Purple

Foliage Colour

Green

Bloom Time

SpringSummer

Habit

Upright

Deer Resistant

✓

Rabbit Resistant

✓

Pollinator Friendly

✓

Attracts Birds

✓

Ontario Native

✓

Landscape Uses

Rock garden

Growing & Maintenance Tips

Adaptable to average, moist to dry conditions, in full sun to open shade and once mature are drought tolerant. Excellent cottage garden, rock garden or shade garden plant.

Notes

Native to Ontario The name penstemon is derived from 'Pente' (5) and 'stemon' referring to the five-stamened flowers.