Definition of Pentstemons

1. pentstemon [n] - See also: pentstemon

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pentstemons

pentoxide
pentoxides
pentoxifylline
pentoxyl
pentraxin
pentraxins
pentremite
pentremites
pentrite
pentroof
pentroofs
pentrough
pentroughs
pents
pentstemon
pentstemons (current term)
pentulose
pentyl
pentylamine
pentylenetetrazol
pentylenetetrazole
pentylic
pentyls
pentyne
pentynes
penuche
penuches
penuchi
penuchis
penuchle

Literary usage of Pentstemons

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse by Edward Step (1897)
"The underground stems run and root freely. It is a good plant for a sunny corner against a wall. pentstemons Natural Order ..."

2. Handy Book of the Flower-garden, Being Practical Directions for the by David Thomson (1876)
"PETUNIAS—pentstemons. Golden Pelargoniums, being of a more dense and graceful growth. The best way to propagate it is from seed. Seedling plants grow far ..."

3. Handy Book of the Flower-garden by David Thomson (1893)
"Miss Amy, crimson and white. Ruby, crimson, veined with violet. Spitfire, dark plum, suffused with crimson; extra good. pentstemons—1 to 2 feet. ..."

4. Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener and Country Gentlemen (1875)
"pentstemons are amongst the most beautiful of border plants, and the present is a good time to propagate them. It may not be generally known that the ..."

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