Penstemon Lilliput Rose (‘Yaput’)

Lilliput Rose is a compact, upright penstemon or beard tongue that features fragrant tubular dark pink flowers with pink-striped white throats and lanceolate dark glossy green leaves. Plants typically grow to 10-14” tall. This plant is the result of a cross between unnamed plants of Penstemon kunthii. Loose terminal racemes of two-lipped, tubular, rose pink flowers (to 2” long) atop erect, rigid stems bloom from late spring well into summer (sometimes to frost). Clasping, narrow, lance-shaped to linear, willow-like, stem leaves (2-6” long) are medium green. Where winter hardy, oblong to ovate basal foliage retains some green color over winter. Penstemon in Greek means five stamens (four are fertile and one is sterile on genus plants). Penstemons are sometimes commonly called beardtongues because the sterile stamen has a tuft of small hairs.

Origin: United Kingdom

Description / Plant Notes:
• USDA Zones 7-11 .      
• Well presented bell-shaped flowers.
• Tidy habit.
• Season long bloomer. 

Patent Status: US Plant Patent # 16,773