Botanical Name: Veronica incana
Common Name: Speedwell
Type of Plant: dicot: perennial
Character evergreen
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape spreading, sprawling plant with trailing stems - forms a dense mat when established
Height 1-2'
Spread 2-3'
Growth Rate moderate
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoor full sun to partial shade
Soil prefers good drainage
Hardiness hardy – all zones
 
Morphology:
Leaves oblong to elliptical to 3" long - white pubescent with crenate margins
Flowers light blue flowers in terminal racemes
Fruit small flattened capsule
 
Propagation:
stem cuttings, division
 
Usage:
good source of gray color – good facer or low filler – rock gardens, mixes well with California native plants
 
Landscape Care:
Watering prefers fairly constant moisture when young – tolerates some drought after established
Fertilizing slow release at planting time, yearly in spring
Pruning head back occasionally to control size
Pests/Diseases root rot when drainage is poor
 
Origin: Asia/Russia
Family: Scrophulariaceae

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