Common name:Red Riding Hood Penstemon
Botanical name:Penstemon 'Red Riding Hood'
Red Riding Hood has an abundance of huge, white lipped, coral-red flowers from late spring through summer. A Dutch hybrid developed from Penstemon barbatus, Red Riding Hood is a very showy, cold hardy Penstemon. Drought resistant/drought tolerant plant (xeric). 18-24" tall x 18" wide. It attracts bees and hummingbirds but is deer and rabbit resistant. It does best in full sun with well draining, low fertile soil.
Designer: Susan Morrison
Photographer: Vicki Anderson
Maintain a two to four inch layer of mulch on the soil surface to reduce weeds, infiltrate rain water, and reduce compaction.
Apply as little fertilizer as possible.
If you use fertilizer make sure it stays on the landscape, and carefully water it in so there is NO runoff.
Attract, or buy beneficial insects such as ladybugs and lacewings to control pest outbreaks in your garden.
