With lovely short spikes of blue-violet blooms and low mounds of highly serrated foliage, this fern-like plant is going to be great for use in containers, front-of-border spots and path edging. It was bred in the US by Washington plantswoman Christy Hensler by crossing Veronica ‘Crater Lake Blue’ with Veronica prostrata.
Foliage reaches a manageable 6-9 inches high and 16 inches across (the metric system and I have an erratic relationship…). Flowering starts in the Spring and continues sporadically throughout the summer and into autumn. The small- to medium-size blue-violet blooms have an attractive tiny white eye. If flowering wanes during the heat of the summer, the plants can be trimmed back to reinvigorate growth and flowering. Speedwell can be easily grown in any average, medium wet, well-drained soils though during the heat of the summer (well, perhaps not our high season), it performs best when grown under partial shade.
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