Penstemon calycosus (Calico Beardtongue) Salt Tolerant Blephilia ciliata (Downy Wood Mint)

Blephilia ciliata (Downy Wood Mint) impresses in any shade garden

but extremely beautiful plant

shrub wetlands and along streams and ponds

Flower Color yellow

The genus name comes from Greek pyknos meaning dense and anthos meaning flower for its densely packed flowers

Penstemon calycosus (Calico Beardtongue) Salt Tolerant Blephilia ciliata (Downy Wood Mint)Calico Beardtongue is an adaptable plant that forms a rosette of deep green foliage in moist to mesic conditions. Beginning in June, sturdy flower stalks decorated with large tubular white flowers appear and flower nearly a month. A favorite of bees, it is also visited occasionally by sphinx moths and hummingbirds. Sun Exposure Prairie Savanna Woodland Soil Conditions Wet Mesic, Mesic Height 4' Flower Color Pink Purple Flower Time June, July