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Hardiness: USDA Zone 4a: to -34.4 °C (-30 °F) USDA Zone 4b: to -31.6 °C (-25 °F) USDA Zone 5a: to -28.8 °C (-20 °F) USDA Zone 5b: to -26.1 °C (-15 °F) USDA Zone 6a: to -23.3 °C (-10 °F) USDA Zone 6b: to -20.5 °C (-5 °F) USDA Zone 7a: to -17.7 °C (0 °F) USDA Zone 7b: to -14.9 °C (5 °F) USDA Zone 8a: to -12.2 °C (10 °F) USDA Zone 8b: to -9.4 °C (15 °F) USDA Zone 9a: to -6.6 °C (20 °F) USDA Zone 9b: to -3.8 °C (25 °F)
Foliage: Silver/Gray Blue-Green Smooth-Textured Good Fall Color
Other details: This plant is attractive to bees, butterflies and/or birds Drought-tolerant; suitable for xeriscaping Flowers are good for cutting Flowers are good for drying and preserving
Soil pH requirements: 6.1 to 6.5 (mildly acidic) 6.6 to 7.5 (neutral) 7.6 to 7.8 (mildly alkaline)
On Jul 17, 2006, ifonly from Brookfield, CT wrote:
Vera looks beautiful in a rocky spot of my garden. Original planting of two plants. This year I pinched off several stems & stuck them in the ground where the soil is not deep enough to put in an entire plant - I'm thinking the new plants will adjust, but we'll see. The original plants do lay across the rocks, a very nice effect. The blue green leaves and maroon stems are gorgeous next to a sieboldii and several others - one with teeny-tiny leaves & two with small leaves.
On Dec 29, 2004, Joan from Belfield, ND (Zone 4a) wrote:
I got a little start of Vera Jameson 5 years ago, and it just gets better every year. I divided it and transplanted it several times and it always takes right off.
On Aug 26, 2003, onegoodmommy from Rock Hill, SC wrote:
I've had my vera Jameson for three seasons and I love it more now than ever. It's hardy, very easy to care for and is the only flowering perennial in our bed(out of 4)that survived our S. Carolina, zone 7 winter.
The pretty, blueish green color of the foliage is eyecatching. It looks almost like a succulent. It really stands out against our other plants. It would work very well in a rock garden I imagine.
The blooms are very tiny flowers that form nice sized clumps at the end of the stem. The flowers are pink and fairly quickly turn a dark burgundy. These make gorgeous dried flowers. This year I put them in a tall aluminim pot with eucalyptus behind. Gorgeous!
The only drawback is, if placed by themselves in a bed, they will begin to lay flat because they cannot support the weight of their heavy stems. If planted next to a landscaping edge of some sort, they would hang over it nicely. They are still pretty even when laying flat. I try to build up and support mine with a mulch circle around the perimeter of the plant and that makes them stand up a bit. Around mid-August, you can see new shoots coming up in the center.
Regional...
This plant has been said to grow in the following regions:
Clayton, California Clovis, California Pleasant Hill, California Brookfield, Connecticut Machesney Park, Illinois Mount Prospect, Illinois Washington, Illinois Uxbridge, Massachusetts Pinconning, Michigan Scottville, Michigan Lake George, Minnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota Albany, Missouri Plainsboro, New Jersey Fishkill, New York Belfield, North Dakota Coshocton, Ohio Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Portland, Oregon Norristown, Pennsylvania Lenoir City, Tennessee Brenham, Texas Humble, Texas Stafford, Virginia Kalama, Washington Puyallup, Washington Spokane, Washington
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