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‘Prairie Splendor’ Penstemon, Dale T. Lindgren

West Central Research and Extension Center, North Platte

‘Prairie Splendor’ is a Penstemon being released by the Univ. of Nebraska for its large, attractive flowers. This seed-propagated selection produces uniform plants except that flower colors differ between plants. ‘Prairie Splendor’ has been registered with the American Penstemon Society and assigned registration number 9301.

Origin

‘Prairie Splendor’ Penstemon originated from four generations of mass selection from the segregating population ‘Henry Hybrids’, which was named by Viehmeyer around 1960 (Viehmeyer, 1969) (Fig. 1). ‘Henry Hybrids’ originated from a cross of Penstemon cobaea Nutt. × Penstemon triflorus A. Heller made by Mrs. Norman Henry of Gladwyne, Pa., around 1940. Penstemon cobaea …

‘Prairie Snow’ Penstemon, Dale T. Lindgren

West Central Research and Extension Center, North Platte

‘Prairie Snow’ is a white-flowered, seedpropagated bulk population of Penstemon grandiflorus selected for home landscape use that also can be used for prairie and roadside plantings. It was released in 1988 in conjunction with, and to honor, the 10th anniversary of the Nebraska Statewide Arboretum. It is unique to this species because of its pure white flowers. A native population of P. grandiflorus was manipulated using a modified bulk population selection scheme so that plants with specific traits could be isolated from plants without the desired traits.

Two similar cultivars, Albus and Lena Seeba, have been mentioned in the literature. …