Gulf Coast Penstemon
Penstemon tenuis
Gulf Coast penstemon is unusual among beardtongues for tolerating wet, heavy soils, offering lavender-purple bloom for rain gardens and damp borders in the South.
- Family
- Plantaginaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 1–2 ft
- Spacing
- 1–1.5 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- moist, wet
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- April, May
- Bloom colors
- purple, pink
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, hummingbirds, butterflies
- Landscape uses
- border, container, rain garden
- Native states
- AR, LA, MS, TX