Penstemon 'Red Riding Hood' PP18950

Also Known As

Penstemon barbatus 'Riding Hood Red'
Red Riding Hood Beard Tongue
Riding Hood Red Beard Tongue

Plant type

perennial

size

H: 12"-24"
W: 12"-24"

planting zones

5a-10a

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Penstemon 'Red Riding Hood' PP18950 plant details

Penstemon 'Red Riding Hood' PP18950 is a broadleaf evergreen or semi-evergreen perennial with green foliage. In fall and summer red flowers emerge. Attracts bees, beneficial insects, butterflies and hummingbirds making it an excellent addition to pollinator gardens. Grows well with sun - mostly sun and regular water. Does well in average and well-drained soil. A good option if you're seeking something heat tolerant and verticillium wilt resistant.

CHARACTERISTICS OF Penstemon 'Red Riding Hood' PP18950

Plant type: perennial
Plant family: plantaginaceae
Foliage: evergreen or semi-evergreen green
Mature size: 12 IN - 24 IN - wide, 12 IN - 24 IN - tall
Flowers: red blooms in fall and summer
Uses: border plant, container plant, cottage garden, long-blooming, rock garden

GROWING CONDITIONS for Penstemon 'Red Riding Hood' PP18950

USDA Zones: 5a - 10a
Sun exposure: sun - mostly sun
Watering frequency: regular
Resistant to: heat and verticillium wilt
Soil needs: average and well-drained

Nursery contributed plant descriptions

Eye-catching beardtongue, a selection of the native Western species, with neon-red blooms atop long, slender stems that, you guessed it, sway delicately in the summer breeze. To 24" tall and 18" wide. Plant in the perennial border and watch them like a good movie. One of the longest blooming Penstemons around, too, from late spring to early fall. Full sun. Well-drained soil. Extremely drought tolerant. Frost hardy to USDA zone 5.

By: Cistus Nursery

Riding Hood Red' has dramatic spikes of lipstick red, tubular flowers that bloom for most of the summer and send our hummingbirds into conniptions! Also a good cut flower. Beautiful foliage. If you've had trouble overwintering Penstemon in the past, try cultivars of this species P. barbatus. It tends to be a strong, long-lived plant overwintering in pots outdoors out our exposed nursery when others might fail under the stress.

By: Phoenix Perennials and Specialty Plants Ltd.

Hummers adore this pretty RED flowering Beard Tongue...and we love it too for its cold and drought tolerance! Compact, branching growth 18-24” tall over handsome evergreen basal foliage (about 18” wide) with spikes and spikes of coral red tubular blooms from early summer thru fall. Full sun, average to well drained soil, rabbit resistant. Butterfly favorite, cut flowers, nice in pots!