#penstemon

[riverwindphotography]

Bushy Penstemon sway in the breeze, Sylvan Pass, Yellowstone National Park

(c) gif by riverwindphotography, June 2025

[nature-hiking]

Penstemon flowers - Pacific national crest trail, CA, April 2023

photo by: nature-hiking

[adventurealldays]

[ruthbancroftgarden]

Penstemon spectabilis

There are many wonderful species of Penstemon that come from dry areas, and this one is Penstemon spectabilis, found in southern California and southward into Baja California. The flower color varies from one plant to another, so I have included a shot of one with more purple in the flowers as well as one with a paler blue. Penstemon is a genus in the family Plantaginaceae.

-Brian

[fragrantblossoms]

Historic Photos - U.S. Forest Service- Pacific Northwest Region. Umpqua NF - Penstemon at Fairview Mtn, OR, 1979.

[dat-aster]

Penstemon davidsonii - David's Penstemon

[ends-2-beginnings]

Clive Nichols @clivenichols

A dreamy dawn shot captured at @mortonhallgardens

Some of the plants here in the South Garden under the great Horse Chestnut are Perovskia 'Blue Spire', Phlox and Echinacea, Salvia and Penstemon

[uxbridge]

Foxglove beardtongue's fall color and a confused spring violet