{"id":3508,"date":"2012-08-29T16:03:53","date_gmt":"2012-08-29T23:03:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.offthewallmedia.com\/sevenoaks\/?p=3508"},"modified":"2023-07-31T11:56:33","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T11:56:33","slug":"penstemon-strictus-august-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.offthewallmedia.com\/sevenoaks\/penstemon-strictus-august-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Penstemon strictus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5433\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.offthewallmedia.com\/sevenoaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Pen-str-4-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.offthewallmedia.com\/sevenoaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Pen-str-4-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/dev.offthewallmedia.com\/sevenoaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Pen-str-4.jpg 337w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Penstemon strictus is a showy, semi-evergreen perennial. \u00a0It is one of the most long-lived and most easily grown penstemons. \u00a0It tends to have multiple tall (1-3 ft) flowering stems that rise out of low basal rosettes. \u00a0Penstemon strictus is quite striking when blooming. \u00a0The flowers range from blue\/violet to lavender and are long and smooth. \u00a0The two upper petals point straight along the tube like a porch roof, giving rise to the little used name of &#8220;porch penstemon.&#8221; \u00a0The flowers are secund, meaning they are arranged along one side of the stem. \u00a0Penstemon strictus is a major attraction to butterflies, hummingbirds, and native bees. \u00a0Studies have shown a link between the high rate of pollinator visits to an increased rate of nectar production.<\/p>\n<p>The basal leaves are long, narrow and smooth textured, reducing in size up the stem. \u00a0They often turn from green to red during the colder winter months.<\/p>\n<p>Penstemon strictus prefers full sun and well drained soil, but can tolerate heavy soils better than most other penstemons. \u00a0This makes it one of the easiest penstemons to grow. \u00a0The native range is from southern Wyoming and western Colorado south to northeast Arizona and northern New Mexico. \u00a0Penstemon strictus is common and can form large colonies in Pinyon\/Juniper forests or in open areas of ponderosa pine or aspen\/spruce forests. \u00a0Penstemon strictus is often associated with sagebrush.<\/p>\n<p>Native Americans used the roots of Penstemon strictus to relieve toothaches.\u00a0The leaves were used as a\u00a0coagulant, a pain reliever and as an antiseptic.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5434\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.offthewallmedia.com\/sevenoaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Pen-str-1-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.offthewallmedia.com\/sevenoaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Pen-str-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/dev.offthewallmedia.com\/sevenoaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Pen-str-1-416x555.jpg 416w, https:\/\/dev.offthewallmedia.com\/sevenoaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Pen-str-1.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-5437\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.offthewallmedia.com\/sevenoaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Pen-str-6-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.offthewallmedia.com\/sevenoaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Pen-str-6-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dev.offthewallmedia.com\/sevenoaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Pen-str-6-416x233.jpg 416w, https:\/\/dev.offthewallmedia.com\/sevenoaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Pen-str-6-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dev.offthewallmedia.com\/sevenoaks\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Pen-str-6.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Penstemon strictus is a showy, semi-evergreen perennial. \u00a0It is one of the most long-lived and most easily grown penstemons. \u00a0It tends to have multiple tall (1-3 ft) flowering stems that rise out of low basal rosettes. \u00a0Penstemon strictus is quite striking when blooming. \u00a0The flowers range from blue\/violet to lavender and are long and smooth. 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