Veronicastrum virginicum 'Apollo'

Family - Plantaginaceae
Category - Perennial
Season of Interest - Summer, Autumn
Hardiness - H7
Height - up to 1.5m
Width - 90cm
Location - The Topiary Meadow

Description: Upright, herbaceous Perennial with dark green, lanceolate foliage arranged in whorls up tall stems. Pale lavender-blue, tubular flowers are produced in upright Racemes from midsummer into autumn.

Flower:

Tubular, pale lavender-blue flowers are held in upright racemes and produced from July into September.

Flower colour: Purple

Flower shape: Tubular flowers in racemes

Flowering time: July, August, September

Foliage:

Dark green, lanceolate leaves with Dentate margins are arranged in whorls up tall, vertical stems.

Foliage Senescence: Deciduous

Foliage Shape: Lanceolate

Propagation:

Division.

Cultivation:

Best in full sun in fertile, moisture retentive, but well drained soil.