My guess is Penstemon superbus maybe. They weren't as bright as your picture. Has your mate been amping up the color again? Mine reseeded and reseeded and now they are gone. Go figure. I guess I gave too many away .

P. superbus

P superbus, American Southwest

No doubt he has hyped the color, he loves to do that but they are his pictures so its his art. They are not quite so siren pink, but they are hot pink. Oh gosh, I just scrolled up, check out the GREEN color of the grass, looks like the stuff they put in Easter baskets, I hadn't noticed the hyping when posting it. The top photo is unadulterated in color.

One thing that sets this particular penstemon apart as special in my opinion is how early it blooms and how pretty the foliage is in winter plus it naturalizes easily and isn't as sensitive to rot as some -- P. palmeri for example.

Superbus looks right, the leaves look right. Thanks.

can you collect some seeds since mine have disappeared after growing them for 15 years!..

I'l send you some P triflourus seed. Here is a P. triflorus . I did not alter the color but you got me to hobble out on my broken foot in the drizzle in the gathering dusk. I think the rain and darkness are making it a bit brighter. It is native to central Texas. The deer love to munch on them.

This one is an early blooming natural deformed hybrid of a Penstemon cobaea. Just plain weird. maybe bugs got into the buds. It is blooming earlier than the cobaeas on the other side of the yard.

My penstemons have only today become visible again after the 18-20" of snow we got last Wednesday.

I covered the P. eatonii with pots, so they look fine, the rest are completely flat. It will be a while before I see any flowers.

Oh yeah, no doubt the photos are pretty tinted :) they look nice (even if I have to envision what they really look like though).

Who dyed it? Reggie ?

Again, I apologize for the photoshopped bump on the color on the closeup shot, I'm not attempting to pull the wool or anything, I posted them as soon as he sent them to me and hadn't noticed. At least it was still good enough for an ID. Here is a smaller plant showing true color. The top photo isn't altered.

I'd forgotten you guys all got all that snow up there recently and feel a bit like you do when you call someone too late and wake them up.

We can wait to see pictures. Colorado overall has the better climate for the desert varieties of penstemons but I guess we have the advantage of getting them earlier.

Yup snow on Wednesday, snow on Saturday, and surprise! Snow today! Well, you know what they say about March, in like a lamb, out like a lion, though I prefer the years it's the other way around.

Your penstemons are beautiful by the way, and you didn'tcalle too late, its nice to see some color besides white around here ;).

I'm a penstemon addict, but they don't care for wet feet, so I will simply lust after the ones you guys post :)