Veronica spicata

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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Veronica spicata, Linn. (V. crassifolia, Wierzb. V. hybrida, Linn.). Ascending or erect, slender sts. 2-4 ft. high, growing from a shortly creeping, almost woody rootstock: lvs. lanceolate, lance-oblong or the lower ovate, opposite or verticillate, crenate, downy, 1 1/2- 2 in. long, thick: racemes long, upright, densely many-fld.: fls. pedicelled, clear blue or sometimes pale pink; stamens very long, purple: caps. longer than broad, notched, thick, exceeding the broad hairy sepals. June-Aug. Hilly pastures, Eu. and N. Asia. Gn. 68, p. 55: 78, p. 157. J.H. III. 47:15.—Thrives in an open soil away from shade. Regarded as one of the better border speedwells. Var. alba, Hort. (V. crassifolia var. alba, Hort.), is said to grow 6-18 in. high and have white fls. Var. corymbosa, Hort., is offered in the trade as a form growing 1 ft. high: fls. pale blue. Var. nana, Hort., is offered as a form 6-9 in. high: fls. blue. Var. rosea, Hort., grows 15-18 in. high: fls. purplish pink, showy. July and early autumn. Var. superba, Hort., is offered in the trade as growing 2 ft. high and having long spikes of violet fls. Var. variegata, Hort., is offered as a form growing 1 1/2 ft. high, with variegated foliage and blue fls.


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