All listed sizes available for pre-order until March 15th. Quantities may become limited as the season gets underway.
Sizes - Availability - Price
4 Inch Pots - Pre-Order Available - $5.00
Quart Pots - Pre-Order Available - $8.00
1 Gallon Pot - Coming Fall 2026 - $12.00
Height - 4 Feet
Light Needs - Full Sun / Part Shade
Soil Preferences - Clay/Loam/Sand
Moisture Range - Medium-Dry
Advantages - Home Garden Favorite / Pollinator Specialist / Supports Birds
Deer Resistance - Yes
Bloom Time - June-July
Bloom Color - White
Root Type - Fibrous
Growth Habit - Clumping
Plant Profile
Foxglove Beardtongue - (Penstemon digitalis) is a clump-forming perennial in the Plantaginaceae family (Plantain) that can be found throughout Midwestern prairies. It grows up to 4 feet tall in prairies, wood margins, and open woods of eastern and central USA. In late spring to early summer, tall clusters of white, tubular flowers of this plant attract long-tongued bees, including honeybees, bumblebees, Miner bees, Mason bees, and hummingbirds.
This plant adapts easily to cultivation and prefers well-drained, moist to dry loamy soils and tolerates clay soil if it is well-drained. Plant in full sun to light shade in small groups in the native/pollinator garden, naturalized areas or borders. It is also easily grown from seed.
Highly Important Host
(3 or fewer types of host plants for species)
Saunder's Sallow - Platphalonidia Lavana
Generally Important Host
(4 or more host plants for species)
Chalcedony Midget - Common Buckeye - Confused Haploa - American Bordered Sallow - Baltimore Checkerspot - Purple-Lined Sallow - Verbena Bud Moth - Mouse Amphipyra