{"product_id":"blue-lips-penstemon","title":"Blue Lips Penstemon","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e• ‘Blue Lips’ is a beautiful selection that blooms in \u003cstrong\u003espring\u003c\/strong\u003e with short spikes of blue-lipped, lavender throated flowers \u003cbr\u003e\n\n• Shear off the faded flowers to reveal the wonderful blue-gray \u003cstrong\u003eevergreen\u003c\/strong\u003e foliage \u003cbr\u003e\n• Drought resistant\/drought tolerant plant (xeric)\u003cbr\u003e\n\n• A High Country Gardens introduction. \u003cstrong\u003e2009 Plant of the Year\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDescription\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e10\" tall x 15-18\" wide. Give your garden a kiss of blue with Penstemon 'Blue Lips'. Discovered by High Country Gardens chief horticulturist David Salman, this showy hybrid Beardtongue is a delight in the late spring garden with its profuse display of bright blue-lipped, lavender throated flowers. After its month-long flowering display, shear off the faded flower spikes to display the plant's attractive blue-gray mat of needle-like evergreen foliage. A cross between two superb wildflower species, \u003cem\u003ePenstemon crandalii\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003ePenstemon linariodes v. coloradensis\u003c\/em\u003e, 'Blue Lips' a real gem in the Western garden being a showy, long-lived easy-to-grow hybrid wildflower. Plant it in a full sun site in infertile, well-drained soil. Very resistant to browsing rabbits. Cutting propagated. \u003cstrong\u003e2009 Plant of the Year. \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLearn more about this High Country Gardens introduction for 2009: 'Blue Lips' Penstemon: 2009 Plant Of The Year\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47295799787682,"sku":"HC014676","price":8.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/9679\/3250\/files\/penstemon_blue_lips_78798-4_web.jpg?v=1780074150","url":"https:\/\/perennialzoneca.com\/products\/blue-lips-penstemon","provider":"High Country Gardens","version":"1.0","type":"link"}