Pretty Tough Plants by Plant Select

Author:Plant Select
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Timber Press
Published: 2017-07-10T16:00:00+00:00

LANDSCAPE USE

Its small scale makes SILVERTON bluemat penstemon an excellent candidate for rock gardens or smaller xeriscape gardens. It combines well with other western native selections such as KANNAH CREEK buckwheat, Smoky Hills skullcap, Gold on Blue prairie zinnia, and baby blue rabbitbrush. Attracts bees, particularly native bees, and hummingbirds. Deer resistant.

NATIVE RANGE AND ORIGIN

Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Arizona.

Penstemon mensarum

Grand Mesa penstemon, Grand Mesa beardtongue Plantaginaceae (plantain family)

SIZE 24–30 in. tall, 10–15 in. wide

FLOWERS blue, spring

BEST FEATURES brilliant cobalt blue flowers in a shade of blue rarely encountered in gardens; rosettes of evergreen foliage turn reddish orange in the fall; flowers strongly attract bees

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