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Description
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Culture
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Paeonia tenuifolia
(Paeoniaceae)
Fernleaf Peony
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18” x 18”
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Gracious single cup-shaped blooms of vivid crimson with a mound of bright yellow stamen over compact feathery foliage. Rare and flashy. se Europe to s Russia. 2 year old plants.
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S
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$8.00
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Paeonia mlokosewitschii
Molly the Witch Peony
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28” x 2’
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Seductive, single, bowl-shaped blooms of primrose yellow, with masses of golden stamen, are nestled above soft blue-green foliage with pinkish undertones on the new growth. Caucasus. 4” pots
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S-P
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$15.00
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Papaver anomalum v. album (Papaveraceae)
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8” x 6”
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Blowzy pure white poppies bloom all summer over neat mounds of dissected hairy foliage.
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S-P
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$5.00
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Papaver atlanticum
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12” x 8”
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Delicate pastel flowers of soft orange are borne from chubby nodding buds throughout summer above basal rosettes clothed in silky hairs. Morocco.
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Currently unavailable
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Papaver dahlianum
Swalbard Poppy
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4” x 3”
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Small tufts of coarsely haired dissected foliage and delicate petals of white to soft yellow. Greenland, Norway.
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S-P
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$5.00
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Papaver kluanense
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4" x 3"
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A choice elfin native with dainty soft yellow tissue-paper blooms, over fine gray-green hairy foliage. Rocky Mts.
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S-P-C
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$5.00
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Papaver lapponicum ex Tromso
Artic Poppy
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6” x 3”
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A pretty poppy with large yellow flowers. May be short lived but self sows to keep the colony going. Norway
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S-P
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Currently unavailable
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Papaver miyabeanum ex ‘Takewoki’
Japanese Alpine Poppy
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5” x 5”
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Delightful yellow tissue paper flowers are held atop mounds of hairy, dissected foliage.
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S-P
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$5.00
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Pelargonium endlicherianum
(Geraniaceae)
Rabbit Ears
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8" x 12"
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Late summer delights us with abundant showy deep-pink flowers, veined with red over handsome mounds of dark green scalloped foliage.A hardy and coveted plant! s Asia.
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S-P
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$7.00 limited supply
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Pellaea atropurpurea
(Adiantaceae)
Purple Cliff Brake
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8” x 12”
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A dainty evergreen fern with lance-shaped blue-green fronds and black-purple stocks. Does well in a partially sunny limestone crevice and tolerates some drought if well established. N. America, Mexico.
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S-P
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$8.00 4” pot
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Penstemon albertinus
(Scrophulariaceae)
Alberta Penstemon
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8” x 5”
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Bright azure-blue flowers in summer over mats of dark green leaves with a deep red-violet reverse. w N. America
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$5.00
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Penstemon albidus
White Penstemon
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10” x 5”
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A beautiful little prairie plant with clusters of white to lilac tubular flowers in June. Manitoba to TX
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S-C
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Currently unavailable
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Penstemon alpinus
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12” x 8”
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Clump-forming with blue-green leaves and aqua-blue flowers, tinged purple, held in tight clusters in summer. WY to NM.
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S-X
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Currently unavailable
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Penstemon ambiguous
Bush Penstemon
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15” x 15”
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Beautiful light pink phlox-like flowers in early summer on a symmetrical bush. KS, CO
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S-X
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Currently unavailable
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Penstemon angustifolius v. vernalensis
‘Narrow-leafed Penstemon’
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12” x 16”
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Fleshy pale glaucous blue lanceolate leaves and lovely summer flowers of robin’s egg blue. A fine Colorado native. w Great Plains.
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S-X-C
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$5.00
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Penstemon arenicola
Red Desert Penstemon
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6” x 6”
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This ‘sand dweller’ bears intense blue flowers in early summer from electric-blue buds over mounds of waxy blue foliage. WY, UT.
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Currently unavailable
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Penstemon aridus
Arid Penstemon
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5” x 3”
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A choice dwarf with bright blue flowers that are produced over tidy mats of linear leaves. MT, ID, WY. foothills to subalpine woods.
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S-P-T
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Currently unavailable
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Penstemon auriberbis
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6” x 8”
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Large gaping pale lavender flowers on one-sided spikes over compact rosettes of narrow gray-blue leathery leaves in early summer. w USA.
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S-C
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$5.00
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Penstemon barrettiae
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10” x 12”
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Spreading mounds of large thick blue-gray leaves set off the huge rose-purple blooms with golden wool covered anthers. Endemic to the Columbia River Gorge in WA and OR.
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Currently unavailable
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Penstemon brandegei
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18” x 7”
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Thick spikes of huge azure-blue flowers over tufts of waxy green leaves.. A glorious long-lived plant for the dry garden. CO.
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S-C-X
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Currently unavailable
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Penstemon cardinalis v. regalis
Cardinal Penstemon
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to 3’ x 2’
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A hummingbird favorite with deep red slender tubular flowers that hang delicately poised from tall spikes in summer over glossy green leaves. NM, on rocky, wooded ridges.
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S-X
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Currently unavailable
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Penstemon cardwellii ‘Roseus’
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6” x 12”
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Shrubby mats of broad, finely serrated evergreen leaves projecting short racemes of lovely large rose-pink flowers.
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P
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$5.00
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Penstemon carnosus
Fleshy Penstemon
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12” x 8”
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“Queen of the San Rafael Swell” Lavender-grape flowers in whorled tiers over rosettes of thick glaucous leaves. Limited supply. UT.
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S-X
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Currently unavailable
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Penstemon caryi
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5” x 5”
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Distinctive gaping blue-purple flowers crowded on short racemes over mats of slender deep green foliage. Bighorn Mts, WY.
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Currently unavailable
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Penstemon cinicola
Ash Penstemon
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6” x 12”
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Short wands of small blue-purple flowers in summer over tufts of slender foliage. nw USA. in dry sandy volcanic soils in sagebrush.
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S-P
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Currently unavailable
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Penstemon clutei
Sunset Crater Penstemon
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to 3’ x 1’
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Pudgy bright pink flowers over waxy blue-green evergreen foliage from mid-late summer. AZ, in volcanic soils.
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S-X
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Currently unavailable
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Penstemon cobaea
Wild Foxglove
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18” x 12”
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Intriguing white to purple flowers possessing a faint honey scent known to attract bumblebees in summer. NE to TX.
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S-P-F-C
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$5.00
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Penstemon commarrhenus
Dusty, Furry Haired Penstemon
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18” x 9”
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A taller native species but a nice addition for the dry, wild garden with summer flowers of pale violet with fine white hairs on the anthers. CO, UT, AZ. sagebrush-grasslands to fir-aspen forests.
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S-C-X
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$5.00
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Penstemon confertus
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12” x 10”
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Tiers of curious creamy yellow flowers atop mounds of rich green foliage through summer. Rocky Mts. in moist mountain meadows.
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S-C
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Currently unavailable
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Penstemon crandallii
Crandall’s Penstemon
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3” x 8”
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A highly desirable native forming attractive neat mats of narrow glaucous green foliage and decumbent stems that carry wide-open flowers of azure-blue with a purple throat. CO, UT. pinon-juniper & spruce-fir forests.
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S-P-C
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$6.00
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Penstemon cyananthus
Wasatch Penstemon
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12”x 8”
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Large vivid blue flowers are held tightly on several stems arising from a basal clump of glossy green leaves. A stunning show when planted in a mass. WY, UT, ID.
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Currently unavailable
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Penstemon davidsonii v. davidsonii
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3” x 6”
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Large lavender-blue flowers grace compact evergreen mats of pale green egg-shaped leaves. nw USA, montane to alpine.
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S-P
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$5.00
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Penstemon davidsonii v. menziesii
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4” x 8”
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Blue-violet blooms adorn short stems clothed in small serrated leaves on shrubby compact mats. Choice.
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S-P
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Currently unavailable
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Penstemon davidsonii v. menziesii ‘Microphyllus’
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2” x 8”
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A choice, rarely offered, subshrubby cultivar forming compact, creeping mats studded with large blue-violet trumpets on prostrate stems in summer. OR, CA.
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S-T
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$5.00
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Penstemon davidsonii v. praeteritus (Dwarf Form)
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4” x 12”
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Compact twiggy domes of small thyme-like gray-green leaves bear huge wide open blossoms of lavender-blue from late spring into summer. Spectacular! nw USA, on alpine ridges.
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Currently unavailable
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Penstemon digitalis
Foxglove Beardtongue
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2-3’ x 18”
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A profusion of pure white flowers sometimes tinged with pink appear in June and continue into mid-summer providing nectar for hummingbirds, bees and butterflies. The lustrous dark green leaves turn red in fall.
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S-P
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Currently unavailable
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Penstemon eatonii
Firecracker Penstemon
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24” x 24”
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Pendant scarlet-red tubular flowers on wand-like stems resembling firecrackers that put on quite a show in early summer. Often attended by hummingbirds and butterflies when in bloom. CA, NV.
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$5.00
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Penstemon ‘Edithae’
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10” x 8”
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A hybrid between P. rupicola & P. ellipticus. Lavender-pink flowers contrasting nicely with mats of handsome glaucous blue-green foliage.
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S-P
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Currently unavailable
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Penstemon eriantherus
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8” x 6”
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Small rosettes of narrow serrated gray-green leaves bear clusters of large violet flowers with dense frizzy yellow beards in early summer. WA, on dry exposed gravely slopes.
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S
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Currently unavailable
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Penstemon fruticosus ex ‘Pink Holly’
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6” x 8”
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A compact hybrid with tiny waxy blue holly-like foliage and pretty bright pink flowers.
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P
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Currently unavailable
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Penstemon fruticosus v. serratus
Woody Penstemon
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8” x 16”
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Bushy with very serrate, holly- like leaves and pinkish-lavender flower clusters in summer. ID, WA.
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P
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$6.00
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Penstemon gairdneri
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10” x8”
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Narrow lavender-rose tubular flowers with some white in the throat over finely pubescent, narrow leaves in April-May. nw USA
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S-X
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Currently unavailable
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Penstemon glaber
Smooth Penstemon
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10” x 8”
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Sky-blue flowers crowded on one-sided inflorescence in summer over a crown of thick glaucous green leaves. Very hardy. w USA.
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S-X-C
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$5.00
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Penstemon grandiflorus
Shell-leaf Penstemon
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to 2’
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Large soft pink flowers produced amid handsome clumps of glaucous-blue foliage in early summer. A bit large for the rock garden but irresistible none the less. ND to TX, on the plains
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S-X-C
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Currently unavailable
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Penstemon hallii
Hall’s Penstemon
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3” x 6”
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A highly valued miniature alpine with blue-violet blooms in spring just above a tidy mound of linear, deep green foliage. Best tucked up against the north side of a rock; tolerates more moisture than most penstemons. CO.
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S-P-C
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$5.00
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Penstemon havardii
Big Bend Beardtongue
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15” x 1’
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Long blooming bright red flowers in spring over rosettes of glaucous blue-green foliage. TX
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S-X
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$6.00
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Penstemon heterodoxus v. heterodoxus
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3” x 6”
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Small compact mats of leathery oval leaves carry pinwheel-shaped heads of large rich dark blue blooms in summer. w USA.
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S-P
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Currently unavailable
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Penstemon hirsutus ‘Pygmaeus’
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4” x 6”
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Loosely mat-forming with dark green leaves, purple flushed in winter, and pale purple flowers coated in fine fuzzy hairs in summer.
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S-P
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Currently unavailable
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Penstemon humilis v. brevifolius
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4” x 6”
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Dark blue glistening blooms over mats of dark green shiny leaves. UT.
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S-P
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Currently unavailable
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Penstemon humilis v. humilis
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4” x 6”
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Small basal rosettes of softly hairy spoon-shaped leaves overtopped by deep blue golden-bearded flowers in summer. w USA, in sagebrush and pinyon juniper communities.
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S-N
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$6.00
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Penstemon hybrid
(rupicola x cardwellii)
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10” x 12”
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Mounds of large thick blue-gray leaves set off the huge bright rose-pink blooms with golden wool covered anthers.
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$5.00
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Penstemon jamesii
James’ Penstemon
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8” x 6”
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Large pretty flowers of lavender-pink with exerted stamens and a yellow beard embrace tall stems over basal tufts of narrow wavy-toothed foliage in mid-summer. One of the best. NM, TX & CO. Very limited supply.
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S-N-C-X
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Currently unavailable
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Penstemon kunthii
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2’ x 1’
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Long blooming rosy-purple flowers with some light penciling in the throat over long slender bright green leaves. Color variations may occur. Mexico
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S-X
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Currently unavailable
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Penstemon laricifolius ssp. laricifolius
Larchleaf Penstemon
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4” x 3” (
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A petite gem. Small tuffets of fine grass-like leaves bear numerous pretty pink blooms in early summer. WY, ID.
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S-X-T
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Currently unavailable
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Penstemon mensarum
Mesa Penstemon
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18” x 12”
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Endemic to Grand Mesa, CO. with intense cobalt-blue flowers prolifically produced in summer.
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S-P-C
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$5.00
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Penstemon neomexicanus
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18” x 10”
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Basal rosettes of smooth leathery leaves and one-sided inflorescences of blue-purple with dense white beards and a dark line on the lower petal lobe that seduces insects into the flower in late summer. NM- Mexico in pine & spruce communities.
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S
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Currently unavailable
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Penstemon newberryi
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1’ x 1’
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Tubular rose-red flowers over basal rosettes of finely serrated foliage in June to August. CA.
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S-P
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$6.00
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Penstemon nitidus
Shining Penstemon
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8” x 6”
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Brilliant turquoise buds open to heavenly aquamarine-blue atop arching stems over neat tufts of powder-blue rosettes in spring. Sask. to Mexico, on open grassy hillsides and and plains.
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S-X
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$6.00
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Penstemon ovatus
Broad Leaved Penstemon
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2’ x 1’
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Showy deep blue open flowers appear in early summer above shiny, bright green, egg-shaped leaves. Hummingbirds are frequent visiters. Cascade Mtns.
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S-X
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Currently unavailable
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Penstemon pachyphyllus v. congestus
Thickleaf Beardtongue
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8” x 10”
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Compact gray-green rosettes of wide leathery leaves and whorls of intense purple-tipped violet flowers in summer. UT, CO.
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S-X-C
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$5.00
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Penstemon payettensis
Payette Penstemon
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24” x 12”
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Produces bright lavender-blue flowers in May-June above leathery, rich green foliage. ID
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S-X
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Currently unavailable
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Penstemon paysoniorum
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6” x 5”
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Gorgeous bright blue flowers arise from clumps of smooth bright green leaves in summer. A splendid dwarf from the deserts of sw WY.
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S-X
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$5.00
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Penstemon ‘Prairie Fire’
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18” x 16”
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Vigorous clusters of deep green glaucous leaves support showy spikes aflame with bright red flowers in summer.
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S
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Currently unavailable
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Penstemon procerus v. formosus
Alpine Penstemon
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2” x 8”
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Low mat-forming with deep violet-blue flowers held above rosettes of ovate foliage in summer. nw USA.
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S
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$5.00
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Penstemon procerus v. tolmei
Alpine Penstemon
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2” x 8”
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Large deep blue-purple flowers atop compact rosettes of egg-shaped foliage in early summer. WA to BC.
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S
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$5.00
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Penstemon procumbens
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2” x 12”
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Formerly offered as P. caespitosus ‘Claude Barr’; mat-forming evergreen groundcover with striking bright-blue flowers just above the tiny leaves in spring. CO high plains, WY, UT.
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S-X
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Currently unavailable
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Penstemon pruinosus
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4” x 6”
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Clusters of beautiful dark blue-purple flowers with bright blue lobes over clumps of sharply toothed green foliage changing to wonderful dark purple in winter. WA to BC.
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S-P
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Currently unavailable
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Penstemon pseudospectabilis
Arizona Penstemon
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2-3’ x 1’
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Dark green, toothed leaves become fused as they move up the stem toward the shocking rose-pink trumpets in early summer. NM, AZ, CA in rocky washes and gravelly slopes.
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S-X
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Currently unavailable
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Penstemon pumilus
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5” x 5”
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A choice dwarf endemic to central Idaho, with lovely blue-violet flowers on prostrate stems over tufts of narrow gray-green foliage. Well deserving of a place of honor in the garden or trough.
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S-T-X
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Currently unavailable
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Penstemon purpusii
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6” x 10”
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A lovely dwarf decorated with rich purple-blue blooms in summer over low spreading luxurious mats of soft velvety, blue-gray leaves clothing short prostrate stems. A favorite! n CA, on dry stony slopes.
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S-T
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Currently unavailable
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Penstemon ramaleyi
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8” x 6”
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