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Habit & Cultural Information

Mature size
Up to 24 in tall x 12-18 in wide
Minimum temperature
-30° F
Light
Part shade
Water
Intermittent
Habit
Perennial

Notable Features

  • Deer Resistant
  • Pollinator Friendly

Penstemon whippleanus, Whipple's Beardtongue

Penstemon whippleanus, Whipple's Beardtongue

Size
At Nursery
$18.50 $14.80
Nursery only Available for purchase at Dancing Oaks Nursery. This plant is not available for online ordering or shipping.

3 qt - no shipping 5 available

Whippleanus is a native Rocky Mountain perennial sub-shrub, deep eggplant-purple in bloom, frosted with fine cilia, silvery in the sunlight. An occasional cream, lavender, deep blue, or white flower will surprise. Clusters of tubular flowers with a pouting lower lip arrive and persevere through July, August, and September; tolerant of a bit more water than many Penstemon.  Appreciates afternoon shade in lower elevations

We have to thank Lt. Amiel Whipple's transcontinental railroad survey for allowing John Bigelow, a member of Whipple's team, to find this Penstemon in 1853 in the New Mexico mountains near Albuquerque.

Mature size:  Up to 24 in tall x 12-18 in wide

Minimum temperature: -30° F

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