Veronicastrum virginicum 'Erika'
(Culver's Root 'Erika')
Family - Plantaginaceae
Category - Perennial
Origin - Holland
Discovered By - Ernst Pagels
Season of Interest - Summer, Autumn
Hardiness - H7
Height - up to 1.5m
Width - 60cm
Location - The Wedding Ring Border
Description: An upright herbaceous Perennial with whorls of dark green foliage up tall stems. Rosy pink buds open to pale pink flowers in candelabra-like Racemes from late summer into early autumn. Good for use as cut flowers.
Introduced to Britain by Dove Cottage Nursery who originally acquired stock from Ernst Pagels, a renowned Dutch plant breeder.
Listed incorrectly in the RHS Plant finder as V. v. 'Erica'.
Flower:
Rosy pink buds open to pale pink, tubular flowers in branched racemes. The blooms are produced in August and September.
Flower colour: Pink
Flower shape: Tubular flowers in racemes
Flowering time: August, September
Foliage:
Dark green, lanceolate leaves with Dentate margins are arranged in whorls up the stems.
Foliage Senescence: Deciduous
Foliage Shape: Lanceolate
Propagation:
Division.
Cultivation:
Best in fertile, moisture-retentive soil in full sun.