Penstemon Blackbeard PP 30052 Agastache each highlighted by contrasting subtle

each highlighted by contrasting subtle

sweetly fragrant flowers

Thus two different plants occupy the same space

Virtually everything sold in the US is an incorrectly named inferior plant

starting for us in mid-March with abundance of blue-lavender flowers

Penstemon Blackbeard PP 30052 Agastache each highlighted by contrasting subtlePenstemon 'Blackbeard' is another in the line of dark foliaged Penstemon digitalis hybrids a 2016 release from the Walters Gardens breeders. This cross of the North American native Penstemon digitalis and Penstemon calycosus has the darkest foliage on any such hybrid we've trialed. In spring, the new burgundy red foliage emerges from the 30" tall, very sturdy, upright, burgundy stems. As the leaves mature, their color changes to dark black purple.