Penstemon smallii Gene Cline luminous white

luminous white

dark green leaves edged with fine spines clothe a dense small tree or large shrub

On female wax myrtles

and cherry-like fruit has won admirers

Penstemon smallii Gene Cline luminous whiteSmall's beardtongue is one of the showiest and most obliging of the eastern native penstemons, a Southern Appalachian wildflower that carries tall spires of lavender pink to rosy purple tubular flowers in late spring and holds them for weeks. Each bloom is pale throated and finely striped inside, a landing strip for the bumblebees that work the flowers, and the whole plant rises from a handsome rosette of purple veined foliage on reddish stems. The