Veronica

Veronica x 'Sonja'
Sonja Veronica
Butterflies and hummingbirds love Sonja's majestic spikes of red violet on very upright stems in early summer.

Veronica x 'Sunny Border Blue'
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.

Veronicastrum virginicum (Culver's root, Bowman's root)
Photo/Illustration: Barbara Blossom Ashmun
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Genus Veronica
Herbs, perennial with rhizomes or annuals . Roots glabrous . Stems erect , procumbent , or creeping , base sometimes woody. Leaves mostly opposite, rarely whorled or upper ones alternate.

Veronica spicata
'Tickled Pink'
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.

Veronica beccabunga
( Brooklime )
Veronica beccabunga bears saucer-shaped, white center blue flowers in loose, erect racemes from late spring to late summer. Usally evergreen with fleshy stems, rooting at the nodes .

Veronica saturejoides
Scientific Name: Veronica saturejoides Boiss. & Heldr.
Synonym:
Family: Scrophulariaceae ...

Veronicas
Family: N.O. Scrophulariaceae
The genus Veronica includes some of our most beautiful native flowers, the Speedwells, which differ from the other British Scrophularicece in having only two stamens, which project horizontally from the rotate, ...

Veronica nutans has a wide range of blooming times and habitats and shapes and sizes. It blooms from June into September, from high meadows to alpine areas. It is sometimes quite slender and only a few inches tall but can grow to 14 inches.

Veronica anagallis-aquatica L.
Common Names
blue water speedwell, blue water-speedwell, brook pimpernel, greater water speedwell, long leaved water speedwell, pink water speedwell, pink water-speedwell, veronica, water pimpernel, water speedwell ...

All Veronica species are edible, raw or cooked. Usually, these small plants are eaten raw, like watercress, in salads. However, older plants become bitter, and they are best cooked. American speedwell is high in vitamin C.

#1089 Veronicastrum virginicum
Common Names: culver's root, blackroot
Family: Scrophulariaceae (figwort Family)
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Creeping Veronica,
A Humble Splash of Blue
Here's a flower that took me some while to find out what it was, just something that was already planted in a neglected corner of the yard long before we bought the house, ...

The genus name Veronica likely comes from the early Christian Saint Veronica, that name coming from the term 'vera icon' meaning 'true image'.

Corn Speedwell
Veronica arvensis
This is a small, hairy annual with tiny blue flowers.

Brooklime health benefits (Veronica beccabunga Fam. Scrophulariaceae)
Popular names: cow cress, water pimpernel.

Veronica
Gardeners who love the color blue know that veronicas provides some of the clearest, truest blues in the perennial border; other flower colors are also available. Another common name is speedwell.
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Veronica filiformis (Scrophulariaceae) -- This tiny plant is another alien import commonly seen in yards. They bloom in early spring.(Photographed in PA) ...

Veronica species
Plants of Home and Garden
Seed started indoors, 60-70F/15-21C, or outdoors around last frost; light needed for germination. May also be sown immediately when ripe in fall.

Veronica spicata 'Sightseeing' spiked speedwell
perennial, easy care
created by Renee's Garden
zones: 3a thru 9b ...

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 Hybrids
Named Hybrids - All these have come from three or four kinds-Salicifolia, elliptica, speciosa-crossed, recrossed, and selected, until the precise parentage has been lost. V.

Veronica gentianoides
SPEEDWELL
Veronica 'Goodness Grows'
SPIKE SPEEDWELL ...

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.
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Veronica V. pros trata, a vigorous trailing and mat forming plant, has bright blue spikes of flowers in early summer.
Grape hyacinth Muscari armeniacum ‘Heavenly Blue', with a white Erythronium) flowers in spring.
Campanula C.

Veronica prostrata
8"-12"
Forms mat of woody stems and saw-toothed leaves; spikes of small blue flowers in early Summer, Hummingbird flower ...

Veronica 'Goodness Grows' : Goodness Grows Speedwell - Whole Plant
Veronica peduncularis 'Georgia Blue' : Georgia Blue Speedwell - Whole Plant
Veronica spicata 'Icicle' : Icicle Spike Speedwell - Flowers ...

In Veronica s.l. no correlation was found between speciation rates and rate of molecular evolution (Müller & Albach 2010).

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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Speedwells (Veronica spp.) are pretty, blue-flowered perennials that look attractive in a flower-rich lawn. However, their ability to root quickly, even from small sections, means they can quickly get out of hand in both lawns and borders.

Corn Speedwell - Veronica arvensis
Wall Speedwell - Veronica arvensis
Spoolwood - Betula papyrifera
Squaw Bush - Cornus amomum
Stammerwort - Ambrosia artemisiifolia
Star-of-Persia - Allium cristophii
Stickweed - Ambrosia artemisiifolia ...

Anagálide acuática - Veronica anagallis
Anamu - Petiveria alliacea
Ananás - Ananas sativus
Anapelo - Aconitum napellus
Anavia - Vaccinium myrtillus
Ancusa de tintes - Anchusa tinctoria
Andiroba - Carapa guianensis
Andiroba-saruba - Carapa guianensis ...

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 ...

Patty's Purple Boxleaf Hebe, Patty's Purple Veronica Hebe ‘Patty's Purple'
Pagei Hebe Hebe pinguifolia ‘Paegi'
Traversii Hebe Hebe traversii
Hellebore
Hellebore Helleborus
Hemlock (Tsuga)
Canadian Tsuga canadensis ...

Veronica 'Noah Williams' (L. Jones 1994)
Veronica repens 'Sunshine' (Pine Knot 1997) (N)
Veronica spicata 'Royal Candles' PPAF (Philpott 2001)
Vinca minor 'Illumination' PP 12,132 (C. Hensler 2001) (N) ...

Amongst indefinite forms the simplest occurs when a lateral shoot produced in the axil of a large single foliage leaf of the plant ends in a single flower, the axis of the plant elongating beyond, as in Veronica hederifolia, ...

the mulleins (genus Verbascum), the common speedwell (Veronica officinalis), and the butter-and-eggs (Linaria vulgaris).

It also feeds on leaves of asters, chrysanthemums and veronica. Try to handpick as many as possible to reduce the damage immediately, especially if the infestation is just beginning.

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.

Abutilon vitifolium 'Veronica Tennant' (Abutilon 'Veronica Tennant')
Abutilon vitifolium var. album (White abutilon)
Abutilon x suntense (Violetta abutilon) ...

Hebe sp.
Family: Scrophulariaceae
Veronica
Origin: New Zealand
This genus consists mainly of the shrubby members formerly included under Veronica - the Speedwells.

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Veronica 'Sunny Border Blue'
Veronica repens 'Sunshine'
Viburnum
Viburnum carlesii(Koreanspice Viburnum or Korean Spicebush) ...

Goes well with: Calamagrostis x acutiflora 'Karl Foerster', Knautia macedonica, Verbena bonariensis, Veronicastrum virginicum f. album, Echinacea purpurea, Miscanthus sinensis 'Nippon'.
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Perennials - aconitum, golden alyssum, arabis, armeria, coreopsis, dianthus, dictamnus, gaillardia, helenium, hemerocallis, heuchera, iris, lupine, lychnis, rudbeckia, sedum and veronica.

Developed by Blooms New Plant Marketing, they were launched at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in May 2004 and include three Verbascums, a new Campanula, a Hosta with golden yellow foliage and a pretty variegated evergreen Veronica.

Besides Myostois, other genera in the Borage family that have species for which the name has been used include Anchusa, Cynoglossum, Eritrichium, and Myosotidium. Also the genus Veronica, in the Figwort family.

See also: Pink, Lavender, Echinacea, Echinacea purpurea, Coreopsis