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Hardiness: USDA Zone 6a: to -23.3 °C (-10 °F) USDA Zone 6b: to -20.5 °C (-5 °F) USDA Zone 7a: to -17.7 °C (0 °F) USDA Zone 7b: to -14.9 °C (5 °F) USDA Zone 8a: to -12.2 °C (10 °F) USDA Zone 8b: to -9.4 °C (15 °F) USDA Zone 9a: to -6.6 °C (20 °F) USDA Zone 9b: to -3.8 °C (25 °F) USDA Zone 10a: to -1.1 °C (30 °F)
Bloom Time: Late Winter/Early Spring Mid Spring Late Spring/Early Summer Mid Summer
Foliage: Evergreen
Other details: This plant is attractive to bees, butterflies and/or birds Drought-tolerant; suitable for xeriscaping Suitable for growing in containers
Soil pH requirements: 6.1 to 6.5 (mildly acidic) 6.6 to 7.5 (neutral) 7.6 to 7.8 (mildly alkaline)
On Jul 1, 2006, jamie68 from Vancouver, WA (Zone 8b) wrote:
One of the smaller Penstemon....but a beauty! The flowers have a bit of an opalescent sheen to them, and are just so pretty, the plants stay nice and compact, they bloom forever(!!!), and are reliably perennial if given great drainage, and a collar of gravel to prevent water staying there - but otherwise....GREAT!!
On Apr 7, 2005, KaperC from No. San Diego Co., CA (Zone 10b) wrote:
Margarita BOP [Bottom of the Porch] has beautiful flowers and is loved by hummingbirds as all penstemons are.
Curious about the name? The plant comes from Las Pilitas Nursery, where they say, "Penstemon 'Margarita BOP' was a seedling that came up sometime in the early 1980's. It is a hybrid between Penstemon heterophyllus and Penstemon laetus. Every year it would flower and be gorgeous, clear sky blue, fading to purple, at the bottom of our front porch." [see [HYPERLINK@www.laspilitas.com]
Soil, sunlight, and watering can all change the flower color.
Regional...
This plant has been said to grow in the following regions:
Bonsall, California Castro Valley, California Perris, California San Jose, California Salt Lake City, Utah Sumner, Washington Vancouver, Washington
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