Grey Beardtongue
Penstemon canescens
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Height: 2 ft
Spread: 1-2 ft
Bloom Time: May-July
Sunlight: Full Sun to Part Shade
Soil Moisture: Dry, Very Dry
​Life Cycle: Perennial

Grey Beardtongue's light-colored pink/purple flowers are tubular and 1 to 1½ inches long. These flowers bloom in an airy vertical arrangement at the top of the plant and are used as an early nectar source for many species of bees. One mason bee, Osmia distincta, is a specialist, only using Penstemon species. Grey Beardtongue thrives in open woods, along dry forest edges, and on well-drained banks. The leaves at the base of the plant form a clump that remains evergreen through the winter. Deer Resistant.