Penstemon fruticosus |
Native Region: Pacific Northwestern North America including B.C.
Zone Range: 04-09
Preferred Climate: temperate
Harvest Date: Tuesday 05 September, 2017
Seed count: 30-40
Description:
This evergreen subshrub has elliptic green leaves and bears funnel-shaped purplish-blue flowers in late spring to early summer. Height and spread is 16 inches. Suits a rock garden.
Notes:
The genus Penstemon is now in the family Plantaginaceae.
Cultivation:
For maximum freshness, please keep seed refrigerated in its original packaging until it is time to plant. Sow seed in containers in a cold frame in late winter or in spring. Grow in poor to moderately fertile, sharply-drained soil in full sun.
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