Garden Design Husker Red Penstomen

I don t use beardtongue as often as i should but every year when it comes into bloom i can t figure out why.

Garden design husker red penstomen. Holds color better during summer heat and has pinker flowers. Next plant penstemon digitalis husker red best known for its maroon red foliage. Award winner penstemon digitalis husker red is a bushy perennial with erect deep wine red stems boasting about 50 large bell shaped white flowers with a touch of light pink 1 in.

It s mid june and beardtongue is a little more than halfway through bloom here in zone 6a. Another variety with colorful foliage husker red features striking maroon red leaves that rival the bronzy purple foliage of palace purple heuchera. See more ideas about flowers husker pink flowers.

Late spring to early summer. Husker red beardtongue may be the perfect perennial. 1 to 2 feet.

Try with veronica eveline. I planted these groupings of beardtongue in a landscape with a crimson theme. May 31 2020 dark towers improved.

Our penstemon is in several locations easily accessible to deer and rabbits and haven t had any issues with the hungry animals. Husker red penstemon penstemon digitalis husker red create a dramatic accent in your garden with the husker s red penstemon. Every year as the summer starts to heat up in june penstemon starts blooming.

Husker red is one of the few penstemons that does well in wet winters and hot humid summers. The flowers attract bees hummingbirds and butterflies but the. Hyacinth jan bos or woodstock pattys plum poppy daffodilsscatter cramer s plum love in a mist.