 Veronica gentianoides 'Variegata' $9.95
- common names: veronica
- flowering season: early summer
- height: low foliage at 2 or 3 inches, taller flowers to about 10 inches
- Light requirements: sun; filtered sunlight during the hottest part of the day
- Soil requirements: average, well drained
- Water requirments: average to moist
- Growth habit: a low clump of foliage with spikes of taller flowers
- How to propagate: dividing in early summer and early fall
- Leaf type: glossy leaves of green and cream
- Ways to use it: planted with other low plants such as heaths and heathers in the garden; along garden paths and in rock gardens
- Special characteristics: to look its best it needs ground that is moist but well drained -- add an extra amount compost to the soil when planting
Except for the creamy marbling to the lustrous, green leaves this is identical to the green leaved Veronica gentianoides. Neither one is frequently seen at nurseries. Also semi-evergreen and low to the ground, it grows into a slowly widening clump that carries short spires of beautifully blue flowers in early summer. USDA Zones 4 - 9 in the West, Zones 4 - 7 in the East. |
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