Spiked speedwell Blue Shades Seeds - Veronica spicata
Spiked speedwell Blue Shades Seeds - Veronica spicata
Veronica spicata Blue Shades
Spiked Speedwell
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Véronique KERNEUR, 11/04/2016
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Description
Veronica spicata Blue Shades, also called spiked speedwell Blue Shades, is a vigorous perennial with a compact, yet graceful habit, bearing long, vertical spikes covered with small, bright blue, star-shaped flowers in summer. Its creeping growth allows the plant's mounds to develop into carpets. It thrives in sunny flowerbeds, on slopes and rock gardens, in rather dry, chalky soil.
Spiked speedwell is a perennial plant of the family Plantagenaceae, formerly classified as the family Scrophulariaceae. It grows mainly in the mountains, up to 2 050 metres above sea level, and more rarely on the plains. It is found growing in meadows, on rocky slopes, at the edge of forests on calcareous soil. The 'Blue Shades' cultivar features a dense, bushy, vigorous growth, reaching 40 cm high and spreading 1 m in diameter from its dense clump. Its hairy stems bear deciduous, oval to linear, dark green leaves with finely toothed margins. In summer, from July to August and sometimes until September, it produces flowers with star-shaped petals of an intense and vivid shade: an intermediate hue of blue, between ultramarine and cobalt, gathered on spikes 60 cm high.
This variety should be planted in any well-drained soils, even stony, calcareous soils and preferably in the sun. Veronica Blue Shades will be very useful to decorate the base of shrub roses or can be planted in dry beds, on a slope, in a rock garden, combined with coneflower, Stipas, red shrubby sages, California poppies or Phlomis. Its bright blue, relatively flexible spikes provide vertical accents to a low-lying bed. The spiked speedwell can also be used as a specimen plant.
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Veronica
spicata
Blue Shades
Plantaginaceae
Spiked Speedwell
Cultivar or hybrid
Planting and care
Sow from spring to mid-summer in a special seed starting compost, taking care to cover the seeds lightly. Seal within a polyethylene bag that you will keep in the dark until the first seedlings begin to appear. Keep the compost moist but not wet. Germination takes about 30 days at 20-25 °C. When they are large enough to be handled, prick out the young plants into 8 cm diameter containers or pots and let them grow in cooler conditions. Gradually acclimatize them to outdoor conditions and plant outdoors in full sun in well-drained soil, 60 cm apart. Spiked speedwell is a great plant for sunny positions and poor soils. It likes calcareous soil that is rather dry, stony or gravelly, or at least well-drained. It tolerates waterlogged soils in winter much less than it does cold temperatures. Since dried out floral stems are not always very aesthetic, it is preferable to remove them, as this will also encourage repeat blooming. You can also let a few plants self-seed though they will not always faithfully reproduce the traits of their parents plants. In any case, the clumps should cut back in the spring before the plant starts to develop new growth again.
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Hardiness is the lowest winter temperature a plant can endure without suffering serious damage or even dying. However, hardiness is affected by location (a sheltered area, such as a patio), protection (winter cover) and soil type (hardiness is improved by well-drained soil).
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In temperate climates, pruning of spring-flowering shrubs (forsythia, spireas, etc.) should be done just after flowering.
Pruning of summer-flowering shrubs (Indian Lilac, Perovskia, etc.) can be done in winter or spring.
In cold regions as well as with frost-sensitive plants, avoid pruning too early when severe frosts may still occur.
The harvesting period indicated on our website applies to countries and regions in USDA zone 8 (France, England, Ireland, the Netherlands).
In colder areas (Scandinavia, Poland, Austria...) fruit and vegetable harvests are likely to be delayed by 3-4 weeks.
In warmer areas (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), harvesting will probably take place earlier, depending on weather conditions.
The sowing periods indicated on our website apply to countries and regions within USDA Zone 8 (France, UK, Ireland, Netherlands).
In colder areas (Scandinavia, Poland, Austria...), delay any outdoor sowing by 3-4 weeks, or sow under glass.
In warmer climes (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), bring outdoor sowing forward by a few weeks.
The planting period indicated on our website applies to regions in USDA Zone 9a (East Coast and Midlands: Dublin, Wexford, Waterford, Kilkenny, Portlaoise). It will vary depending on where you live:
- On the west coast and in the north-west (Galway, Limerick, Sligo, Donegal, Westport), delay planting by 1 to 2 weeks in spring and bring it forward by 1 to 2 weeks in autumn compared to the dates given, preferably choosing periods without strong winds.
- In the inland hills and plateaus (Wicklow Mountains, Macgillycuddy’s Reeks, Connemara, Killarney), it is best to plant in spring (April–May) or autumn (September–October), avoiding periods of waterlogged soil in winter and strong winds, which pose the main risk to newly planted trees in these areas.
The flowering period indicated on our website applies to regions in USDA Zone 9a, such as the East Coast and Midlands, including Dublin, Wexford, Waterford, Kilkenny and Portlaoise.
This will vary depending on where you live:
- On the west coast and in the northwest (Galway, Limerick, Sligo, Donegal and Westport), it will be delayed by one to two weeks compared to the given dates, due to stronger Atlantic winds and less spring sunshine.
- In the inland hills and plateaus (the Wicklow Mountains, the Macgillycuddy's Reeks, Connemara and Killarney), flowering will be delayed by two to three weeks. Flowering mainly occurs between May and July, with the limiting factors being less frost and more of the excessive humidity, strong winds and lack of sunshine that are characteristic of these areas.