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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)
Bloom Time: Late Spring/Early Summer Mid Summer Late Summer/Early Fall Blooms all year
Foliage: Herbaceous
Other details: This plant is attractive to bees, butterflies and/or birds Average Water Needs; Water regularly; do not overwater Self-sows freely; deadhead if you do not want volunteer seedlings next season This plant is resistant to deer Flowers are good for cutting
Propagation Methods: By dividing the rootball From herbaceous stem cuttings From seed; direct sow outdoors in fall From seed; winter sow in vented containers, coldframe or unheated greenhouse From seed; sow indoors before last frost From seed; direct sow after last frost
Seed Collecting: Allow seedheads to dry on plants; remove and collect seeds Properly cleaned, seed can be successfully stored
On Jun 24, 2005, pbtxlady from Garland, TX (Zone 8a) wrote:
If you love blue flowers, this is definitely one for your garden. I put it in front of a cypress vine and behind coreopsis 'Early Sunrise', for a very vivid color spot.
On Sep 21, 2004, Lavenderlady from Buhl, ID wrote:
I planted what the tag calls Veronica and Creeping Veronica. The Veronica turned out like Daves picture of speedwell and the creeping veronica turned out the same only real dark purple. Which is fine and prefered. But as far as "creeping'? don't know yet. They both seem to be thriving well. One in a sheltered corner and the darker out in a full sun flowerbed. The darker gets watered everyday with the underground sprinklers and the lighter gets water when ever it deems nessessary. I hope they fill in as that is the main reason I purchased them. After countless plantings of anything you could think of, this is the only plant that seems to have lasted all season and looks like it will come back next year. I am going to mix tall shasta daisy s with them this fall and hopefully create a beautiful mix next year.
On Nov 28, 2002, Weezingreens from Seward, AK (Zone 3b) wrote:
Long-leaf Speedwell is a tall compact clumping perennial of upright habit. Moderately quick-growing & long-lived, it prefers ferile, moist but well-drained soil. The foliage has a fine texture, and the late summer blooms are blue, sometimes pink. This plant is native to Northern Asia and Central Europe but has naturalized to parts of the U.S. and Canada.
Regional...
This plant has been said to grow in the following regions:
Georgetown, California Palo Alto, California Wilmington, Delaware Lawrenceville, Georgia Buhl, Idaho Hayden, Idaho Lansing, Kansas Hebron, Kentucky Springfield, Massachusetts Bay City, Michigan Edwardsburg, Michigan Flint, Michigan Mason, Michigan Albuquerque, New Mexico Syracuse, New York Elizabeth City, North Carolina Burgettstown, Pennsylvania Conway, South Carolina Lenoir City, Tennessee Fort Worth, Texas Garland, Texas Lubbock, Texas Kaysville, Utah Clearlake, Washington Fox Island, Washington Kalama, Washington Spokane, Washington Madison, Wisconsin Muscoda, Wisconsin
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