Type: Perennial, Subshrub
Sun: Full sun to part shade
Water Needs: Average to Low
Height: 12-24" 
Spread: 6-8"
Spacing:  24"-36"
Bloom Time: June-September
Bloom Description:  Purple 
Maintenance:  Low
Soil Drainage:  Well-drained
Attracts: Hummingbirds, Bees and Butterflies. 
Tips:  Penstemons need "elbow room" as they don't like to be crowded by other palnts. Plant high leaving the top of the rootall just avoe the surrounding soil to avoid burying the crown of the plant.