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Hairy Beardtongue (Penstemon hirsutus)
Hairy beardtongue can be found in prairies and savannahs. Here is another plant that can handle both dry and some shade, but you can grow it in the sun and in wetter soils too.
Hairy beardtongue helps bridge the gap from the spring flowers to the summer flowers as it blooms from late May to late June. Flowers can be lavender, blue or white. It is a shorter plant with smaller flowers than Foxglove Beardtongue.
Try this plant with fire pink, alum root, Carex sprengelii, robins plantain, yellow pimpernel, downy woodmint and wood betony.
Hairy beardtongue (Penstemon hirsutus)
Michigan Flora reference page for state distribution: Hairy Beardtongue
Height: 12-18”
Bloom time: May-June
Soil: medium to dry
Sun: sun to shade
Plant spacing: 12”
Flower: lavender
Life cycle: perennial
Family: Plantaginaceae
Seed source: Michigan
Hairy beardtongue can be found in prairies and savannahs. Here is another plant that can handle both dry and some shade, but you can grow it in the sun and in wetter soils too.
Hairy beardtongue helps bridge the gap from the spring flowers to the summer flowers as it blooms from late May to late June. Flowers can be lavender, blue or white. It is a shorter plant with smaller flowers than Foxglove Beardtongue.
Try this plant with fire pink, alum root, Carex sprengelii, robins plantain, yellow pimpernel, downy woodmint and wood betony.
Hairy beardtongue (Penstemon hirsutus)
Michigan Flora reference page for state distribution: Hairy Beardtongue
Height: 12-18”
Bloom time: May-June
Soil: medium to dry
Sun: sun to shade
Plant spacing: 12”
Flower: lavender
Life cycle: perennial
Family: Plantaginaceae
Seed source: Michigan