Husker Red Penstemon

This award-winning perennial is named for its distinctive maroon leaves. White, tubular flowers have two lips like snapdragon blooms and emerge from panicles atop rigid stems. Flowers sometimes have a pink blush. This deer-resistant, drought-tolerant penstemon was the Perennial Plant Association Plant of the Year in 1996. Penstemons are also called beardtongues.Penstemon digitalis