| Scientific Name: | Penstemon cvs. |
| Common Name: | beard tongue |
| Family Name: | Plantaginaceae |
| Origin: | Garden origin |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 7: (-18 to -12 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Herbaceous perennial |
| Mature Size: | 0.4 - 0.7m x 0.6 - 1.0m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Arching, Open, Spreading |
| Form: | Round |
| Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract beneficial insects, Attract birds, Attract butterflies, Container planting, Cut flower or foliage, Fall interest, Group or mass planting, Mixed shrub border, Perennial border, Summer interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade |
| Soil or Media: | Humus rich, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Opposite, Sessile, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Lanceolate, Serrulate |
| Flowers: | Thyrse, White, Blue, Violet, Purple, Pink, Red, Dark-red, Jul-Aug-Sep-Oct |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Green, Brown, Sep-Oct-Nov |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves opposite, sessile, lanceolate, commonly 4-6cm long x 7-15mm wide; inflorescence panicle-like with cymose branching (thyrse), flowers tubular, funnel-shaped, 5-7cm long x 4-5cm wide, . | |