Description
taking years to build up enough to share
For the uber plant nerds
Atop grey-green foliage
In a garden setting
a row of fuchsia petals holding a creamy white ice cream scoop of central petaloids
Penstemon hirsutus Araucaria taking years to build upPenstemon hirsutus is an amazing US East Coast US native that ranges from Maine south to Tennessee. In the garden, it forms a showy 2' tall x 4' wide clump, that explodes into flower in mid May (NC), with hundreds of small tubular lavender flowers, each with a large white, obviously enhanced lip. The foliage is hairy, the stalks are hairy, and the flowers are hairy. Perhaps we should check the roots. Although hairy beardtongue survives in light shade,