Penstemon Blue Rock Candy™ PP27,786
Blooming Time
Exposure
With an extremely uniform habit and showy display of dark blue white-throated flowers, Purple Rock Candy™ is a sweet choice for the perennial border. Its tidy habit and unique tubular flowers must be enjoyed up close, along sunny walkways or in containers. It will tolerate periods of drought, making it a carefree, enduring alternative to annual Penstemon cultivars.
Details
Hardiness Zone:
Blossom Color:
Blue to Blue Gray
Growth Habit:
Clump Forming
Max Height:
12"
Texture:
Recommended Spacing:
We sell this plant in these containers:
Special Characteristics
Features
Extremely uniform habit and a showy display of dark blue white-throated, tubular flowers. Tolerates periods of drought, making it a carefree, enduring alternative to annual Penstemon cultivars.
Landscape Value
Great for mixed beds or borders.
Care
Watering:
Blue Rock Candy™ Beard Tongue is moderately drought tolerant but benefits from occasional watering, to maintain soil in a moist but not wet condition, during the summer months.
Fertilizing:
Blue Rock Candy™ Beard Tongue is a moderate feeder, benefiting from a couple of annual applications of slow release fertilizer. A spring application of a 3-1-2 ratio (such as a 15-5-10) can be applied at a rate of about 10 pounds per 1000 square feet, and during early fall, an application of a 2-1-2 ratio (such as a 10-5-10) can be applied to encourage root development and cold hardiness.
Pruning:
Blue Rock Candy™ Beard Tongue should be enjoyed all winter long, then, during early April before it begins to grow again, it should be pruned or mowed back to ground level.