Description
Homegrown and cared for by our TCMGA Demonstration Garden Greenhouse Master Gardener volunteers.
Picture and description may vary from plants purchased. Some plants donated from Master Gardeners may have unknown variety and/or color of plant
Texas Superstar Plant/ Texas Native Plant
Common Name: Beardtongue, Foxglove beardtongue
Type: Perennial
Family: Plantaginaceae
Zone: 3 to 8
Height: 2.00 to 3.00 feet
Spread: 1.00 to 2.o0 feet
Bloom Time: April to June
Bloom Description: Pink, 2-lipped, tubular flowers, held on sturdy, dark purple stems
Sun: Full sun
Water: Dry to Medium, well-drained soil
Maintenance: Low
Flower: Showy pink-lavender blooms on multiple flower spikes, up to 30″ tall
Leaf: Colorful, upright, compact, dark purple-leaved selection
Attracts: Birds, Butterflies
Tolerate: Poor soil, Drought, Deer