 Veronica gentianoides $5.95
- common names: veronica
- flowering season: early summer
- height: flowers to 10 inches, leaves 2 - 3 inches
- Light requirements: sun; afternoon shade
- Soil requirements: average, well drained
- Water requirments: average to moist
- Growth habit: a low slowly widening clump
- How to propagate: dividing in early summer or early fall
- Leaf type: 1 to 3-inch long shiny green
- Ways to use it: suited to a rock garden that doesn't become too dry; at the front of a flower bed
- Special characteristics: glossy dark green leaves beautifully complement the pastel blue flowers
The leaves of this resemble the leaves of a gentian -- somewhat thick and shiny. They are semi-evergreen and low to the ground, growing into a mat after several years. In early summer there are ten-inch tall stems of flowers in pastel blue. Each flower has beautiful detail when viewed closely. Hardy to USDA Zones 4 - 9 in the West, Zones 4 - 7 in the East. |
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