.png) Veronica prostrata 'Aztec Gold' (PP# 13,354) $7.95
- common names: golden veronica
- flowering season: early summer
- height: flowers to 6 inches, folaige 1 - 3 inches
- Light requirements: sun
- Soil requirements: average, well drained
- Water requirments: average
- Growth habit: low and spreading
- Leaf type: 1 or 2-inch long
- Ways to use it: at the foot of taller garden plants; in a rock garden; edging a path
Low growing, this has golden leaves that are brightest in sunlight. Spreading to a foot or more wide it makes an attractive ground cover. In late spring to early summer six-inch tall stems of pale, lavender-blue flowers open. When the main flush of blossoms is done a lighter, intermittent follow-up of flowers may continue through the rest of summer. The golden leaves are noted for their resistence to sun scorch in hot climates. When grown in heavier shade the leaves turn more green. Planting it next to black mondo grass (Ophiopogon) would liven up a garden. Hardy to USDA Zones 3 - 8. |
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