Penstemon digitalis 'Onyx and Pearls'
Penstemon digitalis 'Onyx and Pearls' is a beard tongue with lavender-white flowers and contrasting dark foliage and stems.
Description:
Penstemon digitalis 'Onyx and Pearls' is just what the jeweler ordered for your sunny garden. The contrasting dark foliage and stems contrast beautifully with the clusters of lavender-white flowers. A taller and fuller plant than other varieties rising 42 inches high. Heat, humidity and cold hardy. Easy to grow and not bothered by insects nor disease. Awesome in sunny borders and as cut flowers. A hummingbird magnet and bee friendly.
Common Name: Beard Tongue
Family: Scrophulariaceae (The Figwort Family)
Zone Hardiness: 3-8
Light: Full Sun
Height: 2-4'
Width: 2-3'
Primary Bloom Colour: White/Cream
Secondary Bloom Colour: Purple
Class: Deciduous
Type: Perennial
Bloom Time: Summer
Soil Moisture: Average, Drought Tolerant, Dry
Stem Colour: Purple
Fragrance: No
Berries:
Benefits: Hummingbirds, Butterflies
Deer Resistant: Unknown
BC Native: No
Native Habitat: Rich woods, prairies, thickets, roadsides, railway tracks.
Award:
Geogrpahical Origin: Americas - North America
Americas - Central and South America
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