Penstemon digitalis Dakota ‘Burgundy’

Penstemon digitalis Dakota 'Burgundy' is a beard tongue with lavender-pink tubular flowers and burgundy foliage.


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Penstemon digitalis Dakota ‘Burgundy’ will provide a superb specimen in the garden with its upright, clumping habit, handsome dark foliage, and lavender to violet flowers followed by dark, showy seed heads in fall. This beard tongue is shorter than other varieties blooming at 24 inches high. Very hardy and long-lived. Awesome in sunny borders and as cut flowers. A hummingbird and pollinator magnet! Drought tolerant.

Common Name:  Beard Tongue

Family:  Scrophulariaceae (The Figwort Family)

Zone Hardiness:  3-9

Light:  Full Sun

Height:  8-12"

Width:  12-24"

Primary Bloom Colour:  Pink

Secondary Bloom Colour:  Purple

Class:  Deciduous

Type:  Perennial

Bloom Time:  Summer

Soil Moisture:  Average, Dry

Stem Colour:  Burgundy

Fragrance:  No

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Benefits:  Hummingbirds Bees Butterflies

Deer Resistant:  Yes

BC Native:  No

Native Habitat:  Meadows, prairies, fields, woodland margins, open woods, and along railway tracks in eastern North America.

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