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Penstemon pallidus - PALE BEARDTONGUE

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Product Code: PEN-PAL-X
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Showy perennial with unbranched stems, basal rosettes of leaves and nearly white flowers.

Looks like dainty version on Pentemon digitalis, which is more common in horticulture.

Native wildflower to Central and eastern United States, see the USDA distribution map.

Usually 1.5-2' tall x 1-1.5' wide, flower earlier than other penstemons, for 3 week, starting usually May- May/June. Full sun, half shade, medium-moist to dry soil, preferably drained, rocky, shallower, sandy soils, that are not waterlogged. Flowers ale ligtly fragrant.

Hummingbird plant, but attracts also long-tongued bees such as bumblebees, carpenter bees, and mason bees.

Combine with Agastache, Asclepias tuberosa, Aster oblongifolius, Baptisia, Callirhoe, Coreopsis, Liatris, Monarda fistulosa, Monarda bradburyana, Rudbeckia missouriensis, R. fulgida var. deamii, Salvia azurea and many other drought tolerant perennials.

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Pot Size : square 3.5" x 5" deep pot

Penstemon pallidus - PALE BEARDTONGUE

$7.99
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Showy perennial with unbranched stems, basal rosettes of leaves and nearly white flowers.

Looks like dainty version on Pentemon digitalis, which is more common in horticulture.

Native wildflower to Central and eastern United States, see the USDA distribution map.

Usually 1.5-2' tall x 1-1.5' wide, flower earlier than other penstemons, for 3 week, starting usually May- May/June. Full sun, half shade, medium-moist to dry soil, preferably drained, rocky, shallower, sandy soils, that are not waterlogged. Flowers ale ligtly fragrant.

Hummingbird plant, but attracts also long-tongued bees such as bumblebees, carpenter bees, and mason bees.

Combine with Agastache, Asclepias tuberosa, Aster oblongifolius, Baptisia, Callirhoe, Coreopsis, Liatris, Monarda fistulosa, Monarda bradburyana, Rudbeckia missouriensis, R. fulgida var. deamii, Salvia azurea and many other drought tolerant perennials.

Picture copyright : US Perennials

Pot Size : square 3.5" x 5" deep pot

 

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