Veronica exaltata
Family - Plantaginaceae
Category - Perennial
Season of Interest - Summer, Autumn
Hardiness - H7
Height - 90cm
Width - 40cm
Location - The Terrace
Description: A herbaceous Perennial with an upright, clump-forming habit. Tidy, dark green leaves are narrowly ovate to lanceolate in shape with coarsely toothed margins. Small, funnel-shaped flowers are a beautiful shade of lavender blue. The flowers are held in spikes and produced from mid-summer into early autumn. Attractive to pollinating insects.
Flower:
Small, funnel-shaped flowers are a shade of lavender blue. The flowers are held in spikes on upright stems and are produced from July into September.
Flower colour: Lavender blue
Flower shape: Funnel-shaped flowers held in spikes
Flowering time: July, August, September
Foliage:
Dark green leaves are narrowly ovate to lanceolate in shape and have Dentate margins. The leaves are held in opposite pairs on upright stems.
Foliage Senescence: Deciduous
Foliage Shape: Narrowly ovate to lanceolate
Propagation:
Division.
Cultivation:
Best in full sun in reasonably fertile, moisture-retentive soil that is well-drained.