PROVO • Brigham Young University professor Mikel Stevens will never forget the day when he stumbled across something that was unlike anything he’d ever seen throughout his passion for plants. Stevens ...

Flowering stems of firecracker penstemon pop with color and add a burst of red flowers to landscapes in summer. Firecracker penstemon (Penstemon eatonii) is just one of about 270 species of penstemon, ...

As you look through plant catalogs for flower garden ideas this spring, please consider species from two of my favorite genera, penstemon and salvia. These plants appeal to me because they have ...

American Journal of Botany, Vol. 103, No. 5 (May 2016), pp. 912-922 (11 pages) PREMISE OF THE STUDY: Evolutionary radiations provide opportunities to examine large-scale patterns in diversification ...

There is nothing simple, or cut and dried, when it comes to growing plants. Much of becoming a so-called plant expert is knowing the regional climate, soil type, and the most likely growing ...

Penstemons are easy to grow. They’re beautiful. Critters and bugs don’t like them, and they don’t need much water. What more could you ask for? Well, a longer flowering season, but we can’t have ...

Racing tall grasses to soak up sun before they are covered, the white goblet-style blooms of Penstemon are visible in open areas and along roadsides in late May and early June. Several members of the ...

Streaks of fire aren’t limited to the sky on Independence Day. Many plants present pops of fiery red and orange during hot summer days. Here’s a sampling of plants with “fire” names that add sizzle to ...

Penstemons are among the most delightfully friendly plants of the spring garden; their nodding, bugle-shaped blooms announce that the peak time for flowering in Southern California gardens has arrived ...

We live in a good area for native color. It doesn’t necessarily blanket the hillsides, but it’s there when you look for it. The combination of climate and geography seem to give us a more favorable ...