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bridge penstemon
Penstemon rostriflorus
Colorado
- Dimensions
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Height: 2.0 ft. to 3.0 ft.
Spread: 2.0 ft. to 3.0 ft. - Growth Form
- Herbaceous, Subshrub
- Program Association
- Nature in the City, Xeriscape Incentive Program
- Wildlife Uses
- Hummingbirds, Pollinators/ Invertebrates
- Sun Requirements
- Full Sun, Part Sun
- Water Requirements
- Very Low, Low, Moderate
- Plant Community
- Foothills
- Season of Bloom
- July, August, September
- Flower Color
- Orange Shades, Red Shades
- Leaf Color
- Green Shades
- Aggressiveness
- Readily Seeds
- Design Considerations
- Drought Tolerant, Evergreen, Showy Flowers
- Other Considerations
- Deer Tolerant, Lifespan
- Duration
- Perennial
- Soil Type
- Clay, Loam, Rocky, Sandy, Shallow
- Pests/Disease Prone
- No
- Hazards/Toxic
- No City Data.
Notes
This species is an important larval food host for four specialist butterflies and adult food host for ten bee, eight bumblebee and one specialist butterfly species.
Great for hummingbirds.