Penstemon Growing Conditions

Penstemon Growing Conditions. Transplant a penstemon in spring to a site that receives full sun if the plant is growing in shade. Penstemon requires loose soil that drains very well, and so it prefers sandy or gravelly conditions.

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Flowers cut well for fresh use. These extremely resilient perennials are indispensable to pollinators like bumblebees and hummingbirds. Border penstemons are easy to grow in any fertile, reasonably moist, free-draining soil in full sun or Penstemons are easily propagated from seed sown in early spring in heated conditions and planted.

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Blooms attract butterflies and hummingbirds, and are excellent cut flowers.

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The warm-season perennial plant is native to nine counties in the Nebraska Sand Hills and a single location in Carbon County, Wyoming. These wonderful plants were a favourite of Victorian gardeners for their abundant blooms and gorgeous Common Penstemon Problems. Commonly known as beardtongues, penstemon plants are very popular for their tube-shaped flowers.