Shop Fall Planting Bulbs for early spring color! Buy one get one FREE!

Looking for the perfect gift? Gift cards are 10% off for a limited time only!

Free Shipping On Plant Orders $99+ Use code:

DECEMBER99

Foxglove Beardtongue

Penstemon digitalis
$2940 $5999
  • Out of stock
  • Stay Protected wtih Plant Sentry ™
Plant Size

Plant Sentry™

Plant Sentry is designed to protect both consumers and the nursery trade from invasive plant pests and diseases. Sites that display the Plant Sentry protection badge are protected from consumers buying and nurseries shipping material carrying invasive pests and diseases.

This proprietary eCommerce software prevents the shipment of a restricted plant to each state. The Plant Sentry system includes a shipment certification program. The Plant Sentry Compliance Officer works closely with NatureHills.com and each nursery or fulfillment center to ensure only compliant plants are sold to customers.

Click Here to learn more

 

Plant Sentry

Delivery and Shipping

Shipping

To obtain a more accurate shipment time-frame, simply enter your zip code in the “Find Your Growing Zone” box to the right. Our plants are grown all over the country and lead time on items may be different because of this. Once your order is placed, you will also receive the specific shipment time-frame information as part of your order confirmation. Once an item ships, you will receive shipment notification and tracking numbers, so you can follow along while your plant travels to your doorstep. We use FedEx, UPS, or USPS at our discretion.

 

Due to winter weather we have put a hold on shipping to the areas shown below in grey. You can still order now and we will ship the plant to you during an appropriate time for your zone.

*If you have found your zone already, it will be highlighted in the table below.

Standard Shipping Rates

At Nature Hills we handle, package and ship the products you order with the utmost care to ensure healthy delivery. Shipping and handling charges are calculated based on the tables below. Please note that some items include an additional handling surcharge, these will be noted on the item's product page.

From To S&H
$0 $19.99 $24.99
$20 $49.99 $29.99
$50 $69.99 $34.99
$70 $99.99 $39.99
$100 $129.99 $44.99
$130 $149.99 $48.99
$150 $150+ Approx 28%

Click here to see our full rates

Plant Highlights

Foxglove Beardtongue highlights at a glance!

Plant Highlights

  • Brand
    Nature Hills' Choice
  • Botanical Name
    Penstemon digitalis
  • Growing Zones
    3-8
  • Mature Height
    3 - 5 feet
  • Mature Spread
    18 - 24 inches
  • Sun Exposure
    Full Sun
  • Moisture
    Low Once Established
  • Soil
    Well Drained
  • Growth Rate
    Medium
  • Pollinator Friendly
    Yes
  • Pollinator Required
    No
  • Pruning Time
    Late Autumn
  • Bloom Period
    Early Spring, Late Spring

Many homeowners prefer to use native plants where they can, and we're so excited to offer Foxglove Beardtongue (Penstemon digitalis) available for your home garden! This is a lovely and elegant perennial that delivers quite a show from late spring through mid-summer!

You'll be rewarded for your dedication by a wonderful show of bees, butterflies, and other pollinators dancing along the long, airy spires of charming white flowers. This is an easy, and beautiful way to make a real positive impact on your local ecology! The tubular-shaped blooms are also of considerable interest to hummingbirds!

So many of our native plants have a rough texture, but not this gem. From its long, smooth leaves, to the delicate flowers, this plant begs for a special place in your garden. After all, you'll want to be able to study it! Of the hundreds of native species of Beardtongue, all but one are found right here in USDA growing zone 3 through 8! So you just know these plants are hardy and adaptable! It grows at the edge of the forest, so can handle some light shade, but you'll see fewer blooms.

Planting and Application:

This native form is a larval Host Plant for many types of butterflies and moths so include them in a Wildflower garden, add height to a Prairie, or naturalized Meadow garden! Perfect vertical structure and lacy blooms for a well-drained spot in your garden Perennial border, and as a focal point to a Cottage garden. Gorgeous blooms, you'll gain delicate tall flowering stems for your bouquets indoors!

Beardtongues are water-wise plants, so could be considered for dry parts of your landscape, Rock Gardens and that hell strip between the road and sidewalk, and mailbox plantings. Cold-hardy perennials that are drought tolerant once established, making Penstemon perfect for Fire-wise landscaping and Rock gardens.

How about placing a Penstemon at the start of a path? Planted in a massed display, they will create a softly upright, vertical accent! This is an energetic plant that would be a nice dance partner planted behind a cute, tough Groundcover Rose.

  • Pink Tinged White Tubular Blooms
  • Upright Mounding Herbaceous Perennial
  • Pretty & Graceful Hardy Native Selections
  • Very Easy-Care
  • Brings Bees, Butterflies & Hummingbirds
  • Specimen, Rock Gardens, Borders & Prairie Plants

#ProPlantTips for Care:

Penstemon flowers best in full sun and in well-drained soil conditions, preferring average soil types on the lean side. Provide regular moisture access throughout their first year, but once these herbaceous perennials are established, they are blissfully drought-tolerant and xeric! Provide a 3-4 inch thick layer of Mulch around their crowns, these are very cold tolerant, you can leave these seed heads as winter interest and attract songbirds, or deadhead them to tidy up the mounds in fall. Trim all foliage down late fall after frost, and divide every few years to maintain the vigor of the crown, and you get a second plant out of the deal!

  • Blooms Best in Full Sun
  • Adaptable - Average to Low Moisture Needs
  • Any Very Well-Drained Soil
  • Drought-Tolerant Once Established
  • Deer & Rabbit-Resistant

Order this graceful native butterfly magnet today! Hardiness and grace go hand in hand with the lovely Foxglove Beardtongue at NatureHills.com!

Foxglove Beardtongue
Home & Garden Fulfillment Network

Foxglove Beardtongue

$2940 $5999

Many homeowners prefer to use native plants where they can, and we're so excited to offer Foxglove Beardtongue (Penstemon digitalis) available for your home garden! This is a lovely and elegant perennial that delivers quite a show from late spring through mid-summer!

You'll be rewarded for your dedication by a wonderful show of bees, butterflies, and other pollinators dancing along the long, airy spires of charming white flowers. This is an easy, and beautiful way to make a real positive impact on your local ecology! The tubular-shaped blooms are also of considerable interest to hummingbirds!

So many of our native plants have a rough texture, but not this gem. From its long, smooth leaves, to the delicate flowers, this plant begs for a special place in your garden. After all, you'll want to be able to study it! Of the hundreds of native species of Beardtongue, all but one are found right here in USDA growing zone 3 through 8! So you just know these plants are hardy and adaptable! It grows at the edge of the forest, so can handle some light shade, but you'll see fewer blooms.

Planting and Application:

This native form is a larval Host Plant for many types of butterflies and moths so include them in a Wildflower garden, add height to a Prairie, or naturalized Meadow garden! Perfect vertical structure and lacy blooms for a well-drained spot in your garden Perennial border, and as a focal point to a Cottage garden. Gorgeous blooms, you'll gain delicate tall flowering stems for your bouquets indoors!

Beardtongues are water-wise plants, so could be considered for dry parts of your landscape, Rock Gardens and that hell strip between the road and sidewalk, and mailbox plantings. Cold-hardy perennials that are drought tolerant once established, making Penstemon perfect for Fire-wise landscaping and Rock gardens.

How about placing a Penstemon at the start of a path? Planted in a massed display, they will create a softly upright, vertical accent! This is an energetic plant that would be a nice dance partner planted behind a cute, tough Groundcover Rose.

  • Pink Tinged White Tubular Blooms
  • Upright Mounding Herbaceous Perennial
  • Pretty & Graceful Hardy Native Selections
  • Very Easy-Care
  • Brings Bees, Butterflies & Hummingbirds
  • Specimen, Rock Gardens, Borders & Prairie Plants

#ProPlantTips for Care:

Penstemon flowers best in full sun and in well-drained soil conditions, preferring average soil types on the lean side. Provide regular moisture access throughout their first year, but once these herbaceous perennials are established, they are blissfully drought-tolerant and xeric! Provide a 3-4 inch thick layer of Mulch around their crowns, these are very cold tolerant, you can leave these seed heads as winter interest and attract songbirds, or deadhead them to tidy up the mounds in fall. Trim all foliage down late fall after frost, and divide every few years to maintain the vigor of the crown, and you get a second plant out of the deal!

  • Blooms Best in Full Sun
  • Adaptable - Average to Low Moisture Needs
  • Any Very Well-Drained Soil
  • Drought-Tolerant Once Established
  • Deer & Rabbit-Resistant

Order this graceful native butterfly magnet today! Hardiness and grace go hand in hand with the lovely Foxglove Beardtongue at NatureHills.com!

Plant Size

  • 2x2x3 Inch Container 3 Pack
View product

Find Your Garden's Growing Zone!

Error, Unable to locate a growing zone for that ZIP code.

When ordering a tree or plant, make sure to know your planting zone.

You can determine your garden’s USDA hardiness zone by entering your Zip Code below.

{"statementLink":"","footerHtml":"","hideMobile":false,"hideTrigger":false,"disableBgProcess":false,"language":"en","position":"left","leadColor":"#146ff8","triggerColor":"#146ff8","triggerRadius":"50%","triggerPositionX":"right","triggerPositionY":"bottom","triggerIcon":"people","triggerSize":"medium","triggerOffsetX":20,"triggerOffsetY":20,"mobile":{"triggerSize":"small","triggerPositionX":"right","triggerPositionY":"bottom","triggerOffsetX":10,"triggerOffsetY":10,"triggerRadius":"50%"}}