As a bonus, they make wonderful cut flowers. With tall spikes of white, tubular flowers, beardtongue (Penstemon digitalis) is a natural fit for a border. Native to the U.S., beardtongue sends up ...

There are large mounds of California buckwheat, tall spires of sweet hummingbird sage and incandescently purple clusters of showy penstemon. Monkey flowers in orange and red, scarlet bugler ...

Gardeners often spend a lot of time deciding where to plant perennials, considering things like color, shape, and texture. Knowing the mature height of your perennials is key to choosing the best ...

After receiving less than 10 inches of snow for the entire winter period of December through February, it was such a blessing to have larger snow storms the first few weeks of March. Unfortunately ...

Growing wildflowers helps support dwindling populations of native pollinators and ultimately benefits human populations and the environment. Flowers changed the face of the planet. Without them, t ...

Penstemons (Penstemon spp.) also go by the handle "beardtongue". It might not be the most romantic name for these gorgeous plants, but their elongated blooms are made for hummingbirds. As a genus, ...

Manning was committed to making native Big Bend plants available to the public – and the garden will feature plants Manning herself cultivated: salvias and mistflowers, penstemons and skeleton ...

In this video, Carol Klein shares five easy summer flowers that she loves to grow: If you want to add some instant colour to your flowerbeds from June until the first frosts, penstemons are a great ...

Potted plants are very susceptible to breaking under strong winds from 30 to 35 MPH. They just don’t have as strong branches and roots as the ones planted directly to the ground. As a basic rule of ...