I planted this plant in my garden three or four years ago. I don't remember what it was called. I just liked the way it looked This year I went back to the garden centre to ask about its name. I was told it is an Angelonia. That is all they could tell me about it. So I looked it up and found that it definitely does look like Angelonia, but Angelonia is only a perennial in zone 9 and 10. I live in zone 5a. It should be an annual here. But it keeps coming back every year since I planted it. So I'm a little confused.
Edit: Well the mystery is solved. This plant is a Penstemon. And that explains everything.
There are two different colour of Penstemon in my garden. They were in the same pot when I bought them. One is a purple-blue one. The other is pink.
I have to look this one up, because I don't know too much about penstemon. I'll be back.
Family: Plantaginaceae. Genus: Penstemon. Species:
I have the red tinged leaf plant with pale pink flowers and later the green leaf one with lavender flowers will bloom. One of the factories in town has large plantings of them too.
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