Description
Homegrown and cared for by our TCMGA Demonstration Garden Greenhouse Master Gardener volunteers
Picture and description may vary from plants purchased. Plants donated from Master Gardeners may have unknown variety and/or color of plant
Texas Superstar Plant/ Texas Native Plant
Common Name: Brazos Penstemon, Brazos Beardtongue
Type: Perennial
Family: Scrophulariaceae
Zone: 7 to 9
Height: 1.00 to 1.50 feet
Spread: 1.50 to 2.o0 feet
Bloom Time: March to June
Bloom Description: Small purple blooms adorn flower spike like little bells, reseeds freely
Sun: Full sun to Part sun
Water: Medium, well-drained soil
Maintenance: Low
Flower: Showy lavender blooms on multiple flower spikes, up to 30″ tall
Leaf: Medium green tapered leaves 3-6″ long
Fruit: Tough two-tenths-inch seed capsules containing many small seeds that stay on the plant through the Winter
Attracts: Hummingbirds, Bees, Butterflies
Tolerate: Poor soil, Drought
