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Parry's Penstemon, Parry's Beardtongue, Desert Pentstemon
Penstemon parryi
Southwestern native. Long flower-baring stems with long gray-green to blue-green lance-shaped leaves growing up from a low rosette of leaves at the base. Lower stems often a purple-pink color. Bright pink tubular flowers with the lower 'lip' projecting forward slightly. Bees and hummingbirds love the flowers and the seeds are a food source for birds. May self-sow in the landscape. Cut stems off at the base after flowers spent or after seeds sown.
- Plant type: Perennial
- Maintenance level: Low
- Water requirement: Low
- Sun exposure: Full, Part Sun
- Height range: 1–3 Feet
- Width range: 1–3 Feet
- Growth rate: Fast
- Seasonal habit: Evergreen
- Flower color: Pink
- Flower season: Spring
- Fruit color: Brown
- General foliage color: Blue, Grey, Green
- Design style: Hummingbird
- Hardiness cold tolerance: 10 °F
- Soil preference: Well Drained, Dry
- Canopy value: 7 ft²
- Native location: Arizona and Northern Mexico (Sonoran Desert)
- PH preference: Alkaline/Basic, Neutral
- Sunset zones: 10, 12, 13
- USDA hardiness zone: 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b, 11a, 11b
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