Penstemon 'Blue Lips' (Blue Lips hybrid Beardtongue)

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Penstemon 'Blue Lips'

Blue Lips hybrid Beardtongue

Quick Facts

Full and Afternoon Sun Xeric Resists Rabbits Western Only  Legend

Description:

10” tall x 15-18” wide. (Cutting propagated.) Give your garden a kiss of blue with Penstemon ‘Blue Lips’. Discovered by High Country Gardens chief horticulturist David Salman, this showy hybrid Beardtongue is a delight in the late spring garden with its profuse display of bright blue-lipped, lavender throated flowers. After its month-long flowering display, shear off the faded flower spikes to display the plant’s attractive blue-gray mat of needle-like evergreen foliage. A cross between two superb wildflower species,Penstemon crandalii and Penstemon linariodes v. coloradensis, ‘Blue Lips’ a real gem in the Western garden being a showy, long lived easy-to-grow hybrid wildflower. Plant it in a full sun site in infertile, well drained soil. Very resistant to browsing rabbits.

Zones 4-7.
Learn more on David’s blog: The Xeric Gardener.

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QUICK FACTS
USDA Growing Zones 4 - 7
Color Blue
Regions Suitable for Elevations Above 7000 ft., Western Only
Rain 10in - 20in, 20in - 30in, 30in - 40in (with care)
Bloom Time Late Spring
Sun Full and Afternoon Sun
Soil Average Garden Soil, Sandy Garden Soil
Moisture Xeric
Height Small - up to 12in.
Resistant to Hungry Critters Resists Rabbits