Foxglove Beardtongue - Penstemon digitalis

Phonetic: PEN-stem-on dig-ee-TAH-liss

Penstemon digitalis prefers medium to dry soils but can adapt to different light conditions as well as clay soils.  It is a long-lived perennial that forms tidy upright clumps.  The tubular white flowers attract hummingbirds and long tongued bees.  

• Hardiness Zone: 3-9
• Native Northeast Region: BONAP MAP
• BONAP Map Key Color Guide: Map Color Key 
• Sun Exposure: Full Sun to Shade
• Flower Color: White
• Bloom Time: May, June
  
• Soil Type: Dry to Medium Moist
• Mature Plant Size: 2'H, 2'W
• Plant Spacing: 2'
• Host Plant: Chalcedony Midget, Geranium Plume Moth, Verbena Bud Moth, Purple Lined Sallow and Confused Haploa
• Attracts: Bees, Butterflies, Hummingbirds
• Advantages: Cut flower, deer resistant, versatile - can be planted in full sun to shade, most to dry soil, clay soil
• Landscape Uses: Perennial border, rock garden
• Companion Plants: Creeping Phlox, Dense Blazing Star, Nodding Onion, Orange Coneflower, Yellow Wild Indigo
• Deer Resistant