Dakota Verde Penstemon 1 Live Plant – Penstemon ‘Verde’ – 1 Gallon Pot

Dakota™ Verde Penstemon (Penstemon ‘Verde’) is a compact, herbaceous flowering perennial valued for its attractive foliage, upright flower spikes, and colorful tubular blossoms. The plant develops a tidy, bushy growth habit with green foliage that provides an appealing backdrop for its seasonal flowers.

During late spring and summer, Dakota™ Verde Penstemon produces spikes of lavender-purple, tubular flowers that attract visiting bees, hummingbirds, and other pollinators. Its compact form and ornamental flowers make it suitable for sunny perennial borders, pollinator gardens, cottage gardens, and mixed landscape plantings.

This listing includes one live Dakota™ Verde Penstemon in a 1 gallon nursery pot. The plant generally performs best in full sun and well-drained soil. Once established, it tolerates periods of dry weather. As a perennial, it may experience seasonal foliage changes or dormancy depending on climate and growing conditions.

Plant Quantity: 1 Live Plant

Pot Size: 1 Gallon Pot

Shipping Height: Not specified by supplier

Common Name: Dakota Verde Penstemon

Trade Name: Dakota™ Verde

Scientific Name: Penstemon ‘Verde’

Supplier Botanical Name: Penstemon dakota ‘Verde’

Plant Form: Live Potted Flowering Perennial

Plant Type: Herbaceous Perennial

Flower Color: Lavender purple

Flower Form: Tubular flowers arranged on upright spikes

Bloom Season: Late spring through summer

Foliage Color: Green

Growth Habit: Compact, upright, bushy

Primary Ornamental Features: Tubular lavender-purple flowers and attractive foliage

Botanical Identification Note:

The supplier identifies this selection as Penstemon dakota ‘Verde’. Because the supplied species designation is not confirmed here, the listing uses Penstemon ‘Verde’ as a conservative botanical identification rather than treating dakota as a verified species.

Plant Condition Disclosure:

Live plants may be shipped dormant, leafless, recently pruned, bare root, or partially defoliated depending on season, weather, and shipping requirements.

Natural variation in size, branching, foliage density, color, root structure, and overall appearance should be expected.

Important Note:

You will receive a live starter plant (seedling/young plant). Listing photos show the plant at a mature stage for reference only. The actual plant size, shape, and appearance may vary and will be significantly smaller than the images shown.

• Common Name: Dakota Verde Penstemon

• Trade Name: Dakota™ Verde

• Scientific Name: Penstemon ‘Verde’

• Plant Quantity: 1 live plant

• Pot Size: 1 Gallon Pot

• Shipping Height: Not specified by supplier

• Plant Form: Live potted flowering perennial

• Plant Type: Herbaceous perennial

• Plant Family: Plantaginaceae

• Life Cycle: Perennial

• Flower Color: Lavender purple

• Flower Form: Tubular

• Bloom Season: Late spring through summer

• Foliage Color: Green

• Growth Habit: Compact, upright, bushy

• Sunlight: Full sun

• USDA Hardiness Zones: Cultivar-specific range should be confirmed with supplier

• Soil Preference: Well-drained soil

• Water Requirements: Low to moderate once established

• Drought Tolerance: Good once established

• Pollinator Interest: Bees and hummingbirds

• Landscape Uses: Perennial borders, pollinator gardens, cottage gardens, mixed plantings

• Container Suitable: Yes

• Seasonal Appearance: May become dormant or lose foliage seasonally

• Primary Ornamental Feature: Lavender-purple tubular flower spikes

One live Dakota™ Verde Penstemon (Penstemon ‘Verde’), natural stems and foliage when in season, perennial root system, growing medium, and 1 gallon nursery pot.

Pot Size: 1 Gallon Pot

Shipping Height: Not specified by supplier.

Plant Form: Live Potted Herbaceous Perennial

Plant Condition: Live perennial; seasonal dormancy, pruning, foliage loss, and natural variation in appearance may occur.