Hot-rock Penstemon
Penstemon deustus
Hot-rock penstemon bears cream-white tubes with fine purple lines on dry, rocky western slopes, a drought-proof beardtongue for lean, gravelly soil.
- Family
- Plantaginaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 1–2 ft
- Spacing
- 1–1.5 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- May, June
- Bloom colors
- white
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, hummingbirds, butterflies
- Landscape uses
- border, container
- Native states
- CA, ID, NV, OR, WA, WY