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• Vernonia noveboracensis Ironweed Z 4-8

  Heads of numerous deep, royal purple, platter-forming flower several feet high above in late summer

  

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  Heads of numerous deep, royal purple, platter-forming flower several feet high above in late summer

  Size: 6-7' x 3'
  Care: Sun in moist to moist well-drained soil
  Native: Massachusetts to Florida
  Wildlife Value: attracts butterflies

  Named for English botanist William Vernon. Infusions of the plant used by Cherokee to relieve pain after childbirth, for loose teeth and for stomach ulcers.

• Veronica allionii Alpine speedwell Z 2-9

  Purple-blue spikes bloom from early to late summer

  

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  Purple-blue spikes bloom from early to late summer

  Size: 4-6” x 8-12”
  Care: sun, moist well-drained to well-drained soil
  Native: Alps

  Described in 1779 in Prosp. Hist. Pl. Dauphiné

• Veronica armena Armenian speedwell Z 4-9

  A peewee plant that packs a punch.  In spring to early summer terminal clusters of cup-shaped Vermeer blue flowers made of 4 obovate, smooth-edged petals set off snow white eyes with matching white stamens.  Below the floral crown forest-green, soft, needle-sized leaves frame the blue and detail texture for the rest of the season.

  

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  A peewee plant that packs a punch.  In spring to early summer terminal clusters of cup-shaped Vermeer blue flowers made of 4 obovate, smooth-edged petals set off snow white eyes with matching white stamens.  Below the floral crown forest-green, soft, needle-sized leaves frame the blue and detail texture for the rest of the season.

  Size: 4” x 6” and spreading
  Care: sun in well-drained soil
  Native: Armenia, Georgia and Turkey

  Discovered before 1856 when it was named and described by Swiss explorer and botanist Pierre Edmond Boissier.

• Veronica gentianoides Gentian speedwell Z. 4-9

  Erect spikes of pale blue flowers sprouting above clumps of basal foliage in late spring/early summer.

  

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  Erect spikes of pale blue flowers sprouting above clumps of basal foliage in late spring/early summer.

  Can not ship to: Illinois

  Size: 18" x 12"
  Care: sun to part shade in moist well-drained soil
  Native: eastern Europe
  Wildlife Value: attracts butterflies
  Awards: England's Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit.

  According to Christian tradition, as Jesus carried the cross to Calvary, a woman wiped his face with her handkerchief, leaving the imprint of the features of his face, the vera iconica, meaning “true likeness.”  When the Catholic Church canonized the woman, the Church gave her the name Saint Veronica.  Medieval gardeners named the plant after her due to the perceived likeness of the flower to her handkerchief. Introduced to European gardens by 1784.

• Veronica incana syn. V. spicata subsp. incana Silver speedwell, Hoary Veronica Z 4-9

  Erect blue racemes June – September atop gray foliage give a serene effect

  

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  Erect blue racemes June – September atop gray foliage give a serene effect

  Size: 12-18” x 12”
  Care: sun to part shade in well-drained to moist well-drained soil
  Native: mountains & fields of Ukraine

  Introduced from Russia by 1759.   LH Bailey declared it “has a good appearance both in and out of bloom; useful in the rockery, border or geometrical garden.” (1933)

• Veronica liwanensis Turkish speedwell Z 4-8

  Tiny true blue saucers smother the ground

  

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  Tiny true blue saucers smother the ground in May & June – groundcover, front of border or rock garden plant.

  Size: 1” x 18” spreader over time
  Care: sun to part shade in moist well-drained to well-drained soil
  Native: NE Anatolia, Caucasus
  Wildlife Value: attracts butterflies
  Awards: 1997 Plant Select Winner.

  Collected before 1849.

• Veronica officinalis Common speedwell Z 3-7

  Mat-forming perennial with spikes of blue flowers with darker blue stripes on the petals, May-August

  

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  Mat-forming perennial with spikes of blue flowers with darker blue stripes on the petals, May-August

  Size: 4-12” x 6”
  Care: sun in dry, well-drained soil
  Native: Europe and Asia
  Wildlife Value: attracts bees

  Used in European traditional medicine as a cough remedy and tonic as well as a salve. Used for centuries as a cure-all medicinal as long ago as ancient Rome.  Grown at America’s 1^st botanic garden, Elgin Botanic Garden 1811.

• Veronica oltensis Turkish-leaf speedwell, Thyme-leaf speedwell Z 4-9

  Tiny azure flowers smother the ground in spring-early summer on this groundcover or rock garden plant, or grow in walkway crevices.

  

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  Tiny azure flowers smother the ground in spring-early summer on this groundcover or rock garden plant, or grow in walkway crevices.

  Size: 1" x 24" slow spreader
  Care: sun to part shade in well-drained soil
  Native: Mountain valleys of Oltu and Coruh inTurkey.

  Described in literature in 1914.