Summary[edit] Description: English: Penstemon spectabilis at the Wild Animal Park, Escondido, California, USA. It was growing wild near one of the gardens. Date: 3 April 2009. Source: Own work. Author: Stickpen. Permission (Reusing this file): released to public domain.
Summary[edit] Description: First flowers on this species raised from seed two years ago. I expected them to be more blue.. Date: 11 June 2011, 12:57. Source: Penstemon spectabilis. Author: peganum from Small Dole, England.
Summary[edit] Description: English: Penstemon spectabilis at Lake Poway in Poway, California, USA. Date: 13 May 2009. Source: Own work. Author: Stickpen. Permission (Reusing this file): released to public domain.
Summary[edit] Description: These are quite old plants, flowering for the second time here. Having them outside on the nursery, the blue has really come out this year. Now I need to work out how to get them to stand up straight. Date: 23 June 2012, 19:38. Source: Penstemon spectabilis. Author: peganum from Small Dole, England.
Penstemon spectabilis—showy penstemon. Native to the Transverse and Peninsular ranges of Southern California into Baja California. The Theodore Payne Foundation calls showy penstemon, "A must for any drought tolerent garden." Photographed at Regional Parks Botanic Garden located in Tilden Park Regional Park near Berkeley, CA.
