Plants for Butterflies and Other Pollinators

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• Veronica gentianoides Gentian speedwell Z. 4-9

  Palest of true blue flowers

  

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  Palest of true blue flowers bloom on 18″ spikes in early summer.

  Can not ship to: Illinois

  Size: 18" x 18"
  Care: full sun to part shade in moist well-drained soil
  Native: eastern Europe
  Wildlife Value: attracts butterflies
  Awards: England's Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit.

  According 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.  V. gentianoides was introduced to European garden cultivation in 1784. Grown in American gardens since 1850.

• Veronica liwanensis Turkish speedwell Z 4-8

  Tiny true blue saucers smother the ground

  

  $8.25/pot

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  Tiny true blue saucers smother the ground in May & June – groundcover, front of border or rock garden plant.

  Size: 1” x 18” spreader over time
  Care: sun to part shade in moist well-drained to well-drained soil
  Native: NE Anatolia, Caucasus
  Wildlife Value: attracts butterflies
  Awards: 1997 Plant Select Winner.

  Collected before 1849.

• Veronica officinalis Common speedwell Z 3-7

  Mat-forming perennial with spikes of blue flowers with darker blue stripes on the petals, May-August

  

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  Mat-forming perennial with spikes of blue flowers with darker blue stripes on the petals, May-August

  Size: 4-12” x 6”
  Care: sun in dry, well-drained soil
  Native: Europe and Asia
  Wildlife Value: attracts bees

  Used in European traditional medicine as a cough remedy and tonic as well as a salve. Used for centuries as a cure-all medicinal as long ago as ancient Rome.

• Veronica oltensis Turkish-leaf speedwell, Thyme-leaf speedwell Z 4-9

  Tiny azure flowers smother the ground in spring-early summer on this groundcover or rock garden plant, or grow in walkway crevices.

  

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  Tiny azure flowers smother the ground in spring-early summer on this groundcover or rock garden plant, or grow in walkway crevices.

  Size: 1" x 24" slow spreader
  Care: sun to part shade in well-drained soil
  Native: Mountain valleys of Oltu and Coruh inTurkey.

  Described in literature in 1914.