Veronica spicata Ulster Blue Dwarf
Veronica spicata Ulster Blue Dwarf
Veronica spicata Ulster Blue Dwarf
Veronica spicata Ulster Blue Dwarf
Veronica spicata Ulster Blue Dwarf
Spiked Speedwell
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Description
Veronica spicata 'Ulster Blue Dwarf' is a small Campanulate Veronica with captivating intense and bright, almost fluorescent spikes. It is elegant and sculptural, flowering for a long time with upright, electric blue spikes ending in a very bright green tip. Its compact and low, carpet of growth is topped in summer by these abundant flowers. This robust and hardy perennial thrives and spreads in sunny or partially shaded borders, slopes, and rockeries, in ordinary but well-drained soil. This beautiful border plant is also lovely in summer bouquets.
The spiked Veronica, in Latin Veronica spicata, is a perennial plant of the Plantaginaceae family, formerly classified in the Scrophulariaceae family. It is mainly present from Europe to Turkey, in central and eastern Asia, where it grows in the mountains, up to 2000 metres (6562 feet) above sea level, and sometimes in the plains. It can be found growing in meadows, dry grasslands, rocky slopes and on the edge of forests, mostly on limestone soil. It grows very well in most gardens, in well-drained soil. Veronica spicata 'Ulster Blue Dwarf' is a crossbreeding between v.spicata and v.austriaca. The plant is compact, bushy, and vigorous, 40 to 50 cm (16 to 20in) tall, spreading over 50 m (164ft) in diameter from its powerful semi-woody crown. Its hairy stems are branched towards the top with ovate to linear, pretty medium-green leaves with finely toothed edges that can remain in winter. Between June and August it produces floral stems covered with tiny star-shaped, intense blue, nectar-rich flowers, packed tightly together if conditions are good. It will self-seed in the garden, in light soil.
Veronica spicata 'Ulster Blue Dwarf' should be planted in well-drained, even rocky and limestone soil, in full sun or light shade. It is particularly suitable for a mountain garden with rocky soil. Plant it in a raised bed, at the base of taller plants, on a slope, in a rockery, or even in a pot. It elegantly dresses the base of shrub roses. It can be paired with echinaceas, perennial or shrubby sages, scabious, and lavenders in matching tones. Its relatively flexible blue spikes add height and colour to a low mass of carpet-like plants like aubrietas, wall bellflowers, soapwort, or chickweeds. The dwarf spiked Veronica can also be planted en masse, alone, or in the cracks between paving stones.
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Veronica
spicata
Ulster Blue Dwarf
Plantaginaceae
Spiked Speedwell
Cultivar or hybrid
Planting and care
Veronica spicata 'Ulster Blue Dwarf' is a sun-loving plant that thrives in fairly poor, well-drained soil. It prefers limestone, rocky or gravelly soil, not too dry in summer. It hates stagnant moisture in winter more than the cold. You can cut back the unattractive, brown, faded stems to promote further flowering. Some plants can self-seed. The resulting plants will not always be identical to the parent. In either case, the clumps should be pruned in spring before the start of new growth.
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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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