Penstemon baccharifolius 5b As the fronds mature

As the fronds mature

montana from the colder regions of Japan

where it was collected by Czech plantsman

I say strangely

looking quite like our native Abies fraseri

Penstemon baccharifolius 5b As the fronds matureWe fell in love with the Texas endemic Penstemon baccharifolius back in the 1980s, but all our early attempts to grow it were met with failure, due to our lack of understanding its xeric (super dry) nature. In the wild, it grows in limestone crevices, so it's not advisable to even utter the word "water" in its presence. Once we built our crevice garden with near perfect drainage, rock beard tongue has become a long lived garden staple. Unlike many