Veronica spicata Glory PP 18932

Description

(aka: Veronica ‘Royal Candles’) In our gardens, this 2001 introduction has impressed both us and our garden visitors. From Heather and Mike Philpott in the UK comes this amazing, heat-tolerant hybrid unlike any other veronica we’ve grown. The 3″ tall x 30″ wide, tight clumping, rock garden-sized plants are topped, starting in May, with hundreds of thin but sturdy 18″ tall flower spikes (resembling those anorexic runway models). The spikes begin opening with blue-purple flowers at the base and move steadily upward like a lit fuse, ending their flowering cycle at the uppermost tip in mid-October…yes, that’s five months of flowering!