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Culver’s Root

Starting in late spring red buds line the upright stalks and open in summer showing off purple pollinator-attracting flowers. Lance-like leaves whorl up the stems and provide a strong vertical […]

Whitley’s Speedwell forms a mat of feathery olive-green leaves, bearing tiny sapphire-blue flowers that nestle on the stems in late spring. Makes a colorful and drought tolerant groundcover or lawn […]

Spike Speedwell

Joining the popular MAGIC SHOW® Veronica comes a brand new color for the collection. ‘Purple Illusion’ matches the habit and flower size of ‘Wizard of Ahhs’, but with thick, rosy […]

Hocus Pocus Speedwell

Veronica can sometimes be a plant that delivers more promise than results in the garden. ‘Hocus Pocus’ is a variety that will restore your faith in Veronica with an outstanding […]

Enchanted Indigo Spike Speedwell

Vivid royal purple flower wands are borne prolifically atop the compact, full mound of bright green foliage. Often reblooms in late summer. Plant near the front of the border.

Moody Blues® Dark Blue Speedwell

This new compact Veronica is covered in dark blue spikes of blooms all season long. It will flower from late spring right through to a frost!

Mona Lisa Smile Speedwell

‘Mona Lisa Smile’ has long rosy purple spikes that attract butterflies and hummingbirds to the garden. A dense, rounded habit and thick green foliage looks great in the garden even […]

Wizard of Ahhs Spike Speedwell

Joining the popular Magic Show® Collection, this plant brings early blooming, outstanding flower color, and neat habit. One of the earliest Veronica to bloom, this plant produces thick spikes of […]

Purple Leia Spike Speedwell

Columnar and upright but still compact, this selection boldly fills the middle of the garden with a powerful show of late spring into early summer purple bloom on spikes atop […]

Southern Cross Ironweed

Compact and lower growing than its native relative, ‘Southern Cross’ brings great summer color to the garden on a plant that is incredibly tolerant and easy to grow. Tall, strongly […]