 Veronica gentianoides 'Variegata'
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- 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
With its lustrous, green leaves that have creamy marbling, Veronica gentianoides 'Variegata' isn't frequently seen at nurseries. It is semi-evergreen and low to the ground, growing into a slowly widening clump that carries short spires of beautifully blue flowers in early summer. To grow well it needs soil that will not dry out during the heat of summer. And filtered light, or placed where it receives morning sun only. USDA Zones 4 - 9 in the West, Zones 4 - 7 in the East. |
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