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© Ernie Marx
Whipple's penstemon
Penstemon whippleanus
Colorado
- Dimensions
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Height: 2.0 ft. to 3.0 ft.
Spread: 6.0 in.; to 2.0 ft. - Growth Form
- Herbaceous, Subshrub
- Program Association
- Nature in the City
- Wildlife Uses
- Hummingbirds, Pollinators/ Invertebrates
- Sun Requirements
- Full Sun, Part Sun
- Water Requirements
- Moderate
- Plant Community
- Alpine, Mountains, Subalpine
- Season of Bloom
- June, July, August, September
- Flower Color
- Purple Shades, White Shades
- Leaf Color
- Green Shades
- Aggressiveness
- Not aggressive
- Design Considerations
- Showy Flowers
- Other Considerations
- No City Data
- Duration
- Perennial
- Soil Type
- Clay, Rocky, Variable
- 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.
Requires a cooler location in garden at Fort Collins elevations.