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Penstemon laetus

Identification

Penstemon laetus, Gay Penstemon.
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Penstemon laetus
Penstemon laetus, Gay Penstemon, with its blue-lavender flowers, is growing in shallow soil on top of a granite boulder in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California.  - grid24_3
Penstemon laetus, Gay Penstemon, growing out of a bolder at around 7000 feet elevation.

Description

Many forms exist for this species. One is a one foot perennial that grows two feet across with one inch blue-violet, soetimes blue, sometime pale lavender, flowers on one foot spikes in May-Oct.. Native to the mountains of central and northern California. Gay penstemon changes as it moves up through the Sierras. In the Sierras the plants are taller and the flowers spaced further apart. You'd never guess the two plants are the same species. Gay Penstemon needs good drainage, full sun and although it's drought tolerant it looks better with a little summer water. We've had one here in the nursery for years. This one would be a good, easy, drought tolerant plant for the East and Europe. It will tolerant garden conditions and some summer water but keep on the dry side if possible. The area where this form is native to got to -20 in Dec. 1990. It survived in our containers that month so it should tolerate -30.

Available at our Online store.

Contact: pan@laspilitas.com
We are currently not selling this plant through our Online storefront.

Available at our Santa Margarita store.

Contact: bawilson@laspilitas.com
Hours: Open Saturday only from 9am to 4pm
Address: 3232 Las Pilitas Rd. Santa Margarita, CA 93453
We are currently not selling this plant through our Santa Margarita storefront.

Available at our Escondido store.

Contact: escondido@laspilitas.com
Hours: Open Tuesday through Saturday from 9am to 4pm
Address: 8331 Nelson Way Escondido, CA 92026
We are currently not selling this plant through our Escondido storefront.

Characteristics


Penstemon laetus Gay Penstemon is great for a bird garden.
Penstemon laetus Gay Penstemon's foliage type is evergreen.
Penstemon laetus Gay Penstemon's flower color is blue.

Communities

Communities for Penstemon laetus Gay Penstemon:Yellow Pine Forest.

Ranges for Penstemon laetus

ph: 6.00 to 8.00
usda: 5 to 10
height[m]: 0.20 to 0.50
width[m]: 0.50 to 0.50
rainfall[cm]: 100.00 to 160.00

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