Nurserymen and gardeners are pleased to announce the birth of shorter varieties of many of our classic perennials.
Happily Announcing the Arrival of Infants
Veronica Spicata – A Regal Addition to any Perennial Garden
Veronica spicata is a species of the genus Veronica Veronicas spicata has a sterling reputation of being the best of the rest. The true blue blooms of Veronica are eye-catching for their blue colors are like a pair of blue jeans that goes with every other color, but mainly it’s their tall spikes that act as excitement-exclamation points in the garden. Veronica varieties like the early-blooming, ground-hugging, repens add the much needed blue to spring gardens. Medium-sized Veronicas like ‘Crater Lake Blue’ are famous for their zone-one hardiness and bloom in late-spring. But the star performers are the spike Veronicas or Veronica spicata. Veronica spicata blooms later in the season....