
Penstemon ovatus - BROAD-LEAF BEARDTONGUE (PRAIRIE B.)
Pacific Nortwest species with cobalt blue flowers.
Blooming Time: May/June.
Size: 18-24" tall x 8-10" wide
USDA Zones: 4-8
Culture: partial sun, half shade, dappled sun, drained soils, sandy, gritty, gravelly soils, moderately fertile (add little compost), suprisingly tolerant to heat and humitity in the Southeast.
Moisture Needs: medium (average), medium-dry
Origin: Native to Pacific Northwest - Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia, where grows in moist lowlands, open forests, grasslands, around rocky outcrops - in low to mid elevations
Deer/Rabbit Resistant: yes / yes
Attracts Butterflies or Pollinators: yes / yes
Attracts Hummingbirds: yes
Plant Combinations: Flower beds in partial sun or half shade, rock garden, bigger crevice gardens, cut flower gardens, xeriscape. Good with Echinacea, Achillea, Agastache, Amsonia, summer blooming Allium, Asclepias tuberosa, Aster, Baptisia, Calamintha, Coreopsis, Gaura, Knautia, Liatris, Monarda, Nepeta, Oenothera, Penstemons, Platycodon (taller ones), Rudbeckia, Salvia nemorosa hybrids, tall Sedum, Solidago, Stachys, Vernonia lettermannii, taller Veronica, Yucca, and grasses like Bouteloa, Muhlenbergia, Sporobolus, Schizachyrium scoparium, Sorghastrum or Panicum.
Pot Size: square 3.5" x 4" deep perennial pot
Picture Copyright: US Perennials

Penstemon ovatus - BROAD-LEAF BEARDTONGUE (PRAIRIE B.)
Pacific Nortwest species with cobalt blue flowers.
Blooming Time: May/June.
Size: 18-24" tall x 8-10" wide
USDA Zones: 4-8
Culture: partial sun, half shade, dappled sun, drained soils, sandy, gritty, gravelly soils, moderately fertile (add little compost), suprisingly tolerant to heat and humitity in the Southeast.
Moisture Needs: medium (average), medium-dry
Origin: Native to Pacific Northwest - Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia, where grows in moist lowlands, open forests, grasslands, around rocky outcrops - in low to mid elevations
Deer/Rabbit Resistant: yes / yes
Attracts Butterflies or Pollinators: yes / yes
Attracts Hummingbirds: yes
Plant Combinations: Flower beds in partial sun or half shade, rock garden, bigger crevice gardens, cut flower gardens, xeriscape. Good with Echinacea, Achillea, Agastache, Amsonia, summer blooming Allium, Asclepias tuberosa, Aster, Baptisia, Calamintha, Coreopsis, Gaura, Knautia, Liatris, Monarda, Nepeta, Oenothera, Penstemons, Platycodon (taller ones), Rudbeckia, Salvia nemorosa hybrids, tall Sedum, Solidago, Stachys, Vernonia lettermannii, taller Veronica, Yucca, and grasses like Bouteloa, Muhlenbergia, Sporobolus, Schizachyrium scoparium, Sorghastrum or Panicum.
Pot Size: square 3.5" x 4" deep perennial pot
Picture Copyright: US Perennials