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Penstemon hirsutus 'Pygmaeus'
Penstemon hirsutus 'Pygmaeus'
Dwarf Hairy Beardtongue
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This is a choice dwarf form of Hairy Beardtongue, a native of Ontario, Quebec and the eastern USA. Hairy purple stems bearing multiple clusters of long tubular lilac flowers, rise from a mound of dark green foliage. This plant is assured to attract hummingbirds, bees and butterflies to the garden, it is a host plant for the Baltimore Checkerspot Butterfly.
PRODUCT DETAILS:
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 3 to Zone 9 |
| Light Requirements: | Full Sun to Part Shade |
| Height: | 15 cm to 20 cm |
| Spread: | 15 cm to 20 cm |
| Soil Requirements: | Average to sandy well drained soils, adaptable to pH |
| Bloom Time | Late spring to early summer |
| Planting Time: | Mid spring to mid summer, early fall |
| Use: | Rock gardens, accent plant, mixed borders, edging, container plant, mass planting, pollinator gardens |
| Flower Colour & Shape: | Loose clusters of long tubular lavender flowers with white throats, borne on erect hairy stems above the foliage |
| Foliage: | Low mound of lance shaped leathery dark green leaves that turn bronze red in winter |
| Benefits: | Evergreen, drought tolerant, rabbit resistant, attracts bees, butterflies and hummingbirds |