Photo credit
Susan Strine, CC BY 2.0, Original photo, Original NCSU photograph bytes; no crop, retouching, or re-encoding.
Eastern Smooth Beardtongue
Penstemon laevigatus
Feeds 2 bird species (genus)
- Flower color
- Purple or white
- Bloom
- Spring and summer
- Leaves
- Deciduous
- Height
- 1–4 feet
- Spread
- 2–3 feet
- Light
- Full sun
- Soil moisture
- Somewhat dry to moist
Native to North Carolina
Care
- Avoid overly wet or poorly drained soil.
