Mine is in part shade and provides a lot of extraordinary blue blossoms in it's (rather short) bloom period. Have planted other veronica...Read More's near it which begin shortly after it plus, as another member noted, its non-blooming time isn't really noticeable in my cottage type garden.
Spectacular masses of true electric blue during its short season of bloom. A reliable, long-lived performer in full sun with consistent m...Read Moreoisture. It really requires full sun to perform well.
However, because of its very short season of bloom (10 days or so), its undistinguished foliage, and its tendency to flop, I'm considering replacing it with something with a longer season of interest. It isn't really pulling its weight in the border, and that's why the neutral rating.
Armitage says it's hardy in Z4.
In their 2010 veronica performance evalutions, the Chicago Botanic Garden gave this cultivar 4 stars out of 5. [HYPERLINK@www.chicagobotanic.org]
The Royal Horticultural Society has given this cultivar its coveted Award of Garden Merit.
Like most upright veronicas, this cultivar needs good drainage and consistent moisture---it is fairly sensitive to drought, but it needs good drainage too, especially for winter survival.
This plant is a rockstar in one of my main perennial beds. It blooms late spring for me; usually end of May/beginning of June. This ver...Read Moreonica hits its stride right before the summer perennials really start going. Yes it flops and yes it does have a short (perhaps 2 week) bloom period but sure blooms its heart out for that time. I don't care that it flops because its foliage just gets lost in the rest of my cottage style garden anyway. I also don't care about the shorter bloom period because there are so many other things going on as it's finishing its bloom. Definitely a great plant.
The color on this flower is great - one of the few perennial flowers I have seen that really is close to true blue. However, the blooms o...Read Morenly last a very short time (maybe a week or two) in late spring and then it doesn't look like much the rest of the summer.
although this veronica does not re- bloom nothing can beat that clear blue! it is just spectacular! It also divides very well in the sp...Read Morering or fall . I dead head it for neatness and live with its rather unremarkable foliage because it more than earns a place in my garden with it lovely flowers
This will be my third year growing this Veronica. It has gorgeous true-blue flowers. Mine is in full sun. The only reason im giving it...Read More a neutral rating instead of a positive is because its bloom period is very short- mine only blooms for a week or less.
Mine is in part shade and provides a lot of extraordinary blue blossoms in it's (rather short) bloom period. Have planted other veronica...Read More
Spectacular masses of true electric blue during its short season of bloom. A reliable, long-lived performer in full sun with consistent m...Read More
This plant is a rockstar in one of my main perennial beds. It blooms late spring for me; usually end of May/beginning of June. This ver...Read More
The color on this flower is great - one of the few perennial flowers I have seen that really is close to true blue. However, the blooms o...Read More
although this veronica does not re- bloom nothing can beat that clear blue! it is just spectacular! It also divides very well in the sp...Read More
This will be my third year growing this Veronica. It has gorgeous true-blue flowers. Mine is in full sun. The only reason im giving it...Read More
Can become leggy and down trodden from rain. Otherwise very pretty next to buttercups.