Penstemon cobaea purpureus Showy Beardtongue Purple Beard-Tongue
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(PEN-steh-mon  koh-BE-uh)
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Our Penstemon cobaea purpureus is a wild variety native to the Ozarks with a very rich showy purple color

 Penstemon cobaea Showy Beardtongue Purple Beardtongue Photo by cj
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For other flowers visit the wildflower seed list , to order copy the orderform or 
email questions, comments, and orders to john@easywildflowers.com  
Penstemon cobaea Showy Beardtongue potted plants are available $4 each plus UPS shipping.  Please contact us by email with your address for shipping costs on potted plants.

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Penstemon cobaea, Showy beardtongue or Purple Beard Tongue has very showy rich violet or rose-purple 2 inch long flowers blooming in tight clusters on 12 to 30 inch stems.  Purple Beardtongue provides excellent color contrast when planted with lemon yellow Missouri Primrose in a rock garden or dry prairie garden.  Plant Purple beardtongue in lean to average well-drained soil in full sun with Prairie Dropseed grass, Baptisia (Blue or White Indigo), Echinacea (Coneflowers), and Callirhoe (Poppy Mallows).

Penstemon cobaea, Showy Beardtongue, Purple Beardtongue seed germination is improved after a pretreatment of 8 to 12 weeks of cold moist stratification or when planted outside in the fall or early winter.

Native Penstemon cobaea is a beautifully flashy plant hardy over most of the US and occurs naturally on limestone glades and sandy or loamy, well drained soil from Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska to Missouri and introduced in Ohio and Arizona.  . Scrophulariaceae (Snapdragon Family)

The map below shows areas where Penstemon cobaea, Showy Beardtongue, Purple Beardtongue grows wild. When planted Purple Beardtongue will grow over most of the Midwest and Eastern US.  USDA plant hardiness zones 3 to 9. 

Use the chart below for shipping charges on Penstemon cobaea showy beardtongue flower seeds, to order copy the order form or email questions, comments & orders to john@easywildflowers.com 

Please contact us by email with your address for shipping charges & availability on Penstemon cobaea var. purpureus Showy Beardtongue Purple Beardtongue  potted plants

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The minimum seed order amount is $10, this can be a combination of different seeds.

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Penstemon cobaea var. purpureus Showy Beardtongue Purple Beardtongue  potted plants distribution map complements of USDA, NRCS. 2001. The PLANTS Database, Version 3.1
  (http://plants.usda.gov). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.