Penstemon Newberryi Care

Dry, Light, Moderate

Deadhead after flowering to maintain the plant's strength.

Part Shade

Normally found in higher elevations, Penstemon newberryi craves good drainage and rocky soil. In mid-spring a bloom of striking rose colored flowers will cover the plant. Somewhat short lived, plants should be restarted every few years.

In the nursery garden it resents our summer heat, winter rain and winter cold. In its element it is under snow all winter, protected from everything but the gophers. Summer temperatures rarely get above 85 degrees and the ground stays moist until mid July or August.

It is a bushy, mat-forming subshrub growing up to 30 centimeters tall. The leaves are mostly basal on the plant, oblong or oval and toothed, measuring 1 to 4 centimeters in length, with a few smaller pairs along the stem.

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