General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9b
Plant Height: 12 - 24 inches
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Purple
Other: Pale purple to almost white.
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Hummingbirds
Resistances: Humidity tolerant
Drought tolerant
Pollinators: Bees

Common names
  • Beard Tongue
  • Eastern Smooth Beardtongue
  • Smooth Beardtongue
  • Eastern Beardtongue
  • Hairy Beardtongue
  • Pride of the Mountain
  • Penstemon

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