Veronica Blue Carpet Plant

Versatile in the garden at home as an edging plant in the rock garden or in tubs and containers.

Veronica blue carpet plant.

Sizes and forms range from creeping groundcovers a few inches high to upright flower spikes reaching several feet tall. This plant will require occasional maintenance and upkeep and is best cleaned up in early spring before it resumes active growth for the season. Excellent compact selection forms a low bushy mound of dark green leaves bearing short spikes of bright violet blue flowers in late spring or early summer. Blue carpet speedwell is a dense herbaceous perennial with an upright spreading habit of growth.

Perfect for the front of the border rock gardens used as a ground cover or in tubs and containers. When in flower this plant is a sea of blue. Flowering is best with limited water and full sun. Veronica spicata blue carpet.

Blauteppich this is an excellent compact strain of spike speedwell. It forms a low bushy mound or tuft of dark green leaves bearing short spikes of bright violet blue flowers in early summer for several weeks. The leaves are ovate to oblong and more or less toothed. Its relatively fine texture sets it apart from other garden plants with less refined foliage.

Plant in rock gardens along walkways and as a facer plant for taller perennials. Veronica spicata blue carpet has tall clusters of violet blue flowers displayed above a low mound of lance shaped foliage. It forms a low bushy mound or tuft of dark green leaves bearing short spikes of bright violet blue flowers in early summer for several weeks. Their blossoms provide rich blue purple pink or white shades of long lasting color.

Veronica spicata blue carpet. Versatile in the garden at home as an edging plant in the rock garden or in tubs and containers. Veronica blue reflection growing among flagstones. Use them to form a green carpet beneath dwarf conifers and as a filler creeping over rocks and between other taller plants.

Speedwell veronica is a tough ornamental that is tolerant of different soils and watering needs with varieties that are hardy in most regions. Speedwell are carefree and easy to grow perennials that prefer well drained soil with full to part sun butterflies and hummingbirds will make frequent appearances. Veronica speedwell plants veronica are neat tidy plants that are beautiful in or out of flower. Dead to encourage new blooms in fall.

Planted between paving bricks or flagstone they will fill in the cracks with attractive flowers and foliage.