Veronica georgia blue plant care. Plants may be easily divided in. Also known as veronica speedwell veronica spp is a large group of perennial plants with spiky brilliantly colored blooms in shades of purple rose blue and white. The flowers have white eyes and the leaf tips are tinged with burgundy and copper overtones.
Georgia blue should be grown in a protected location and given a good winter mulch if grown in the st. Small dark green leaves turn glossy burgundy in winter. Veronica georgia blue common namecreeping speedwell speedwell the rich blue flowers of veronica georgia blue smother the lush backdrop of deep green glossy foliage.
Georgia blue is willing to grow in sunny or shady spots puts up with excessive rain or drought conditions and attracts butterflies with a low blanket of sky blue flowers from spring into summer. Veronica can be sowed by seed in containers in a cold frame in autumn but most people start this perennial as a transplant from the nursery. This tough versatile plant requires little maintenance.
Even when not smothered with flowers this outstanding groundcover remains attractive thanks to its lush foliage of small lance shaped. Although speedwell is a. Monrovias georgia blue veronica details and information.
Plant in the spring. Georgia blue creeping speedwell veronica peduncularis syn. Louis area since it is only winter hardy to zone 6.
Loosen the soil and mix in compost. Small sapphire blue flowers are studded all over during the spring and sometimes again in late summer. Grow in moderately fertile well drained soil in full sun.
Burgundy tones will intensify during the cooler months. Noteworthy characteristics veronica peduncularis is native to the caucusus ukraine and western asia. Its ideal for edging paths or borders and makes a fine specimen for a rockery.
Learn more about monrovia plants and best practices for best possible plant performance. Creeping spreading habit 6 to 8 inches tall and 12 to 18 inches wide. Perfect for underplanting with spring flowering bulbs of all kinds particularly miniature narcissus.
The rhs has given it its prestigious award of garden merit. Low growing and durable veronica georgia blue is a vigorous semi evergreen perennial forming a brightly colored cushion of small rich blue flowers adorned with pearly white eyes over a long period from early to late spring and sporadically all summer. Introduced from georgia by roy lancaster veronica umbrosa georgia blue forms a low cushion of bronze tinted green foliage from which masses of intense blue flowers appear from late spring to autumn.