Speedwell
By Sanmcgill
Speedwell (Veronica) - A large family very variable in structure and appearance.
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Speedwell in lawns
Speedwells are resistant to the majority of lawn weedkillers available to amateur gardeners.
Speedwell
Long-time garden favorites, Speedwells' elegant spiky flowers appear on small, creeping, rock garden or container plants, as well as medium and tall flower border and cutting garden candidates.
Corn Speedwell
Veronica arvensis
This is a small, hairy annual with tiny blue flowers.
Water Speedwell
Veronica anagallis-aquatica L.
Family: Scrophulariaceae, Figwort
Genus: Veronica ...
Spiked Speedwell
Spikes of violet blue flowers cover low growing, dense foliage in early summer and continue to appear until frost. Great at the front of the border. Flowers are long-lasting cuts and work well in diminutive arrangements.
Speedwell, Germander, is the commonest British species of Speedwell, found everywhere, on banks, pastures, in copses, etc., flowering in spring and early summer.
Alpine Speedwell
Scientific Name: Veronica alpina L.
Synonym:
Family: Scrophulariaceae ...
Index- plants in this Family
Scrophulariaceae / Figwort Common Speedwell (Veronica officinalis)
Common Speedwell is also known as Common Gypsyweed which is the official vernacular.. ...
ver-ON-ih-kah Common Name: Speedwell
Plants in the genus Veronica are native to a wide variety of habitats: moist meadows and grasslands, dry, sunny meadows, rocky hillsides, and scree, and open woodland.
Spike Speedwell PPAF
Description
Veronica spicata 'Tickled Pink' is a new variety that was discovered by Mike Farrow at Holly Hills Farms in Maryland. 'Tickled Pink' is a sport of V.
Speedwell
Corn Speedwell - Veronica arvensis
Wall Speedwell - Veronica arvensis ...
Rosea Speedwell ( Veronica pectinata )
Rosea Star Magnolia ( Magnolia stellata )
Rosea Sundrops ( Oenothera speciosa ) ...
Spiked Speedwell has several gardened varieties in white, blues, pinks, & reds. I'm about half intending to add a blue one nearby the red, but haven't as yet done so.
Purslane Speedwell, Necklace-weed, Speedwell,Purslane
Species:
Veronica peregrina ...
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bilobed speedwell; two-lobe speedwell Veronica biloba
bird cherry Prunus avium
bird vetch Vicia cracca
bird-of-paradise shrub Caesalpinia gilliesii
birds-foot trefoil Lotus corniculatus
bishopweed; bischofia; Javawood; toog Bischofia javanica ...
Speedwell (Veronica species)
Spider flower (Cleome hassleriana, Cleome spinosa)
Spider plant (Chlorophytum comosum)
Spiderwort (Tradescantia species)
Spike speedwell, bird's-eye veronica (Veronica prostata, Veronica spicata, Veronica filiformis) ...
Skullcap, Slender Bedstraw, Slender Bird's-foot Trefoil, Slender Centaury, Slender Club-rush, Slender Cotton-grass, Slender Hare's-ear, Slender Marsh Bedstraw, Slender Naiad, Slender Rush, Slender Sedge, Slender Soft Brome, Slender Speedwell, ...
Another common name is speedwell.
About This Plant
Although low-growing varieties are available, the most common veronicas form attractive 1- to 3-foot-tall mounds.
the mulleins (genus Verbascum), the common speedwell (Veronica officinalis), and the butter-and-eggs (Linaria vulgaris).
Hebe is closely related to Veronica (commonly known as speedwell), their flowers are similar. Species from Hebe have been transferred into Heliohebe and Leonohebe, although this has not yet been accepted in the UK.
Icicle Spike Speedwell needs a site in full sun for best flowering performance and where the stems of this taller-than average speedwell will not lodge.
Veronica longifolia cultivars (Speedwell)
Upright perennial grows to 1.2 metres (4') tall. Pointy, toothed, mid-green leaves; tubular, 5-lobed, lilac-blue flowers in late summer to early autumn. Like all veronicas, a very useful plant. Zone 4.
Veronica is an easy to grow perennial plant. Commonly known as speedwell, veronica will grow in butterfly and cutting gardens where their upright spires will be enjoyed.
The History and Culture of Yarrow ...
Veronica gentianoides
SPEEDWELL
Veronica 'Goodness Grows'
SPIKE SPEEDWELL ...
The primula is thus spoken of, on account of its yellow centre, also the adonis, or "pheasant's eye," and the blue veronica, or germander speedwell.
Acacia Tree - Darwin's Blue Speedwell
Daylily Flower - Marjoram
Meadow Buttercup - Sunrose
Sweet Box - Zucchini ...
Synonym: Veronicastrum serpyllifolium. Veronica serpyllifolia. (Thyme-leaf Speedwell)
Scrophulariaceae (Snapdragon Family) ...
Synonyms: Veronicastrum virginicum (L.), Veronica virginica (Tourn.), Beaumont root, Bowman's root, Bourman's root, physic root, Culver's physic, Culver's root, hini, oxadoddy, purple leptandra, whorlywort, tall speedwell, tall veronica
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Companion plants found with it include three weedy European perennials: lawn daisy (Bellis perennis), thymeleaf speedwell (Veronica Serpyllifolia), creeping buttercup (Ranunculus repens); and a native moss Rhytidiophyllus squarrosus.
 See also: Veronica, Pink, Green, Violet, May
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