Penstemon davidsonii var. menziesii 'Tolmie Peak'
Penstemon davidsonii var. menziesii 'Tolmie Peak'
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'Tolmie Peak' is a choice selection of Menzie's Beardtongue, a BC native plant that ought to be seen in more gardens. This cultivar produces multitudes of oversized lavender blue purple trumpet-like flowers, on a creeping evergreen shrub barely 5 cm tall. A choice plant for alpine and rock gardens.
PRODUCT DETAILS:
Hardiness Zone: | Zone 5 to Zone 8 |
Light Requirements: | Full Sun to Part Shade |
Height: | 5 cm |
Spread: | 30 cm |
Soil Requirements: | Acidic well drained sandy to rocky soils |
Bloom Time | Late spring through summer |
Planting Time: | Mid spring to mid summer |
Use: | Alpine gardens, rock gardens, troughs, pollinator gardens, crevice gardens, edging, groundcover |
Flower Colour & Shape: | Tubular five lobed lavender purple flowers at stem tips, oversized for the plant |
Foliage: | Small evergreen to semi-evergreen ovate toothed leaves on a creeping mat |
Benefits: | Drought tolerant, groundcover, attracts bees, butterflies and hummingbirds |