Veronica media First Love
Veronica media First Love
Veronica x media 'First Love'
Spiked Speedwell
Perfect! The plant has taken well! It has flowered beautifully!
marianne, 29/11/2025
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Description
Veronica x media 'First Love' is a new compact variety of hybrid Veronica with brightly coloured and long-lasting summer flowers. Its stout spikes of densely packed spikes of tiny, rare vivid pink flowers, rise above abundant dark green foliage. This pretty perennial forms a flowery mass, covered in butterflies in borders or pots. It is very hardy and easy to grow in any deep and moist, good garden soil, in full sun or partial shade. Its flowers are perfect for cutting.
The 'First Love' Veronica is a new hybrid variety from the Plantaginaceae family whose origins are closely guarded. It is probably the result of cross-breeding with Veronica spicata or spike speedwell, a perennial plant that mainly grows in the mountains, up to 2000 metres (6562 feet) above sea level, in meadows, dry grasslands, rocky slopes and at the edge of forests, mostly on limestone soil.
The 'First Love' variety is particularly short, well-branched, and floriferous, reaching about 30 cm (12in) high and 30 to 40 cm (12 to 16in) wide. Its leaves can be opposite but are often whorled in groups of three or four. They are quite narrow and lanceolate, 6 to 12 cm (2 to 5in) long, with a short petiole, deeply toothed, dark green with a slight grey hue. It will flower from July to September (even October), if the faded flower spikes are regularly removed. The inflorescences are very dense, stout spikes, tightly packed with tiny, tubular, bright pink flowers with hints of red, composed of four petals and two protruding stamens. They are rich in nectar and attractive to many pollinators.
Veronica x media 'First Love' is a hardy plant that prefers well-drained but moist soil and will thrive in many regions, including mountain gardens. It pairs well with many plants to create beautiful summer compositions in borders, at the front of large beds, and in containers on the terrace. Plant it alongside Nepetas, Galanes, Helenias, Astilbe 'Vision in Pink', Filipendula rubra 'Venusta', and Sidalcea, for example. In a wilder style, this perennial forms a very successful combination with shorter grasses: Carex, Festuca, stipa... Its cut flowers can be used with white or red roses, hydrangeas, ranunculus or asters.
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Veronica
x media
'First Love'
Plantaginaceae
Spiked Speedwell
Cultivar or hybrid
Planting and care
Veronica First Love is an easy-to-grow perennial that prefers rich and light, moist but well-drained, slightly alkaline soil. Heavy soil is will make it less hardy. It grows and flowers best in the sun, but tolerates partial shade. You can plant this small flower almost all year round in the garden, except during freezing periods and summer droughts. Trim the faded flower stalks to promote new flowers. Adding compost at the base of the young plant every spring will give it vigour. Avoid using nitrogen-rich fertilisers as they will encourage foliage at the expense of flowers. In spring, cut back to the base and fresh foliage will emerge in spring.
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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).
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.
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