| Description | Penstemon ‘Pocahontas’ (Penstemon digitalis) features dark purplish-green foliage with red and burgundy tones. Its pinkish-purple flowers bloom on deep red stems and reach heights of over 2 feet. |
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| Plant Type | Perennials Hardy, Site author's observations |
| Hardiness Zone | (4)5 |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Flowers | Pinkish-purple flowers on deep red stems reach over 2 feet tall. Five fused petals form tubular, two-lipped flowers in loose clusters called racemes on tall stems. |
| Leaves | Dark purplish-green foliage with red and burgundy hues. |
| Stems | Has burgundy-red stems. |
| Dimensions | 3-4 feet tall by 2 feet wide |
| Maintenance | After flowering, you can cut back the flowering stems. This will help create a more compact plant. They can be cut back hard and will regrow with a flush of new foliage. |
| Propagation | cuttings, PP #24,804 |
| Cultivar Origin | Intrinsic Perennial Gardens of Hebron, Illinois, USA., circa 2014 |
| Author's Notes | I have grown Penstemon Huskers Red. Black Beard and Dark Towers are very similar in form to Pocahontas. The Dark Towers planting (as of 2025) remains strong. We have divided it many times, forming a mass planting in hedge-like rows. |
| Notes & Reference | #144-Missouri Botanical Gardens website (www.missouribotanicalgarden.org), Intrinsic Perennial Gardens of Hebron, Illinois, USA, #274-Site Authors' observations and growing experiences similar Penstemon plants of this type |
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