Palmer's Penstemon
Penstemon palmeri
A tall, dramatic penstemon and one of the few that's truly fragrant, with big inflated pink bells up gray-green stems. Thrives on hot, gravelly, alkaline ground.
- Family
- Plantaginaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 3.5–3.5 ft
- Spacing
- 1–2 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- May, June
- Bloom colors
- white
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, hummingbirds, butterflies
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~8 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- border
- Native states
- AZ, CA, NM, NV, UT
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