Botanical Name: Keckiella cordifolia
Common Name: Heart-leaved penstemon, Heart-leaved keckiella
Type of Plant: dicot: shrub
Character partially deciduous
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape a loosely-constructed mounding shrub, with slender branches arching outward to form a broad rounded canopy
Height 4' - 6'
Spread 8' - 10'
Growth Rate rapid
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoors prefers partial sun or shade at inland sites; can tolerate full sun near the immediate coast
Soil tolerates most; thrives in heavy clay if not over-watered
Hardiness some frost (zones 19, 21-24): prefers mild coastal sites
 
Morphology:
Leaves pinnate, opposite, distinctly ovate-cordate; bright shiny green, 1"-2" long, with toothed margins
Flowers bright red, tubular, strongly 2-lipped, 1"-1 1/2" long; borne in clusters mostly at the ends of the stems
Fruit a small papery capsule
 
Propagation:
seed or softwood cuttings
 
Usage:
an excellent mid-sized to large-sized filler for shaded slope plantings - the arching branches hang over retaining walls and provide excellent flower display
 
Landscape Care:
Watering an occasional deep soak
Fertilizing little needed
Pruning head back when young to promote a fuller, dense form; head back after blooming to maintain size if needed
Pests/Diseases relatively free
Special Conditions/Other hybridizes easily with K. antirrhinoides
 
Origin: coastal foothill/canyon areas from San Luis Obispo County to Baja
Family: Scrophulariaceae

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