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Veronica prostrata syn. V. rupestris Sprawling speedwell, Harebell speedwelll Z 4-8
From midspring to midsummer short blue spikes above prostrate foliage.
From midspring to midsummer short blue spikes above prostrate foliage.
Size: 6” x 18”spreads
Care: sun to part shade in moist well-drained soil.
Native: Europe
Wildlife Value: Deer and rabbit resistant.
Awards: Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden Merit.In gardens since at least 1762 (Linnaeus). Bloomed for 4 or more months in rock garden at Edinburgh Botanic Garden (The Garden, Jan. 1876.)
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Veronica repens Creeping speedwell Z 5-9
Palest of blue blooms in spring
OUT OF STOCK
Palest of blue blooms in spring on this low, creeping groundcover. Best for rock gardens, troughs, or front of the border.
Size: 2” x 8-12”
Care: full sun to part shade in moist to moist well-drained soil
Native: CorsicaAccording to Christian tradition, as Jesus carried the cross to Calvary a woman wiped his face with her handkerchief, leaving the imprint of Christ’s features, the vera iconica, meaning “the true likeness.” When the Catholic Church canonized the woman the Church named her Saint Veronica. Medieval gardeners named the plant after her due to a perceived likeness of the flower to her handkerchief. This species collected by 1800. According to William Robinson, father of the mixed perennial garden, Veronica repens “clothes the soil with a soft carpet of bright green foliage, covered in spring with pale bluish flowers.”
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Veronica spicata Speedwell Z 4-8
Blue spikes with a hint of lilac
Blue spikes with a hint of lilac, bloom from June through October, if deadheaded
Size: 24" x 18-24"
Care: Sun in moist well-drained to well-drained soil
Native: Hilly pastures in Europe and North Asia
Wildlife Value: attracts butterfliesAccording to Christian tradition, as Jesus carried the cross to Calvary a woman wiped his face with her handkerchief, leaving the imprint of Christ’s features, the vera iconica, meaning “the true likeness.” When the Catholic Church canonized the woman, the Church gave her the name Saint Veronica. Medieval gardeners named the plant after her due to a perceived likeness of the flower to her handkerchief. Veronicas have been in cultivation since at least Medieval times. Europeans made tea from V. spicata. In 1693 a symmetrical garden at Versailles used speedwell. V. spicata is a parent to many hybrid cultivars.
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Veronicastrum virginianum, Culver’s root Z 4-9
Tall, graceful ivory spires
Veronicastrum virginianum Culver’s root Z 4-9
Tall, graceful ivory spires bloom from mid to late summerSize: 4' x 18"
Care: full sun to part shade in moist to moist well-drained soil
Native: From Canada to Texas incl. Wisconsin native
Wildlife Value: attracts butterfliesUsed by American Indians as a laxative and to induce vomiting and clean blood. Cherokee cured typhus and inactive livers with Culver’s root. Remember Culver’s Little Liver pills? Seneca Indians used the root in their ceremonies. 1st collected by Rev. John Banister who moved to colonial Virginia in 1678. A gunman mistakenly shot and killed him while he collected plants. Colonial Puritan Cotton Mather unsuccessfully attempted to use this plant to cure his daughter’s tuberculosis in 1716.
