Veronica spicata 'Minuet'

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Veronica spicata 'Minuet'

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Kemper Code: Y430

Common Name: spiked speedwell
Zone: 5 to 8
Plant Type: Herbaceous perennial
Family: Scrophulariaceae
Missouri Native: No
Native Range: None
Height: 1 to 1.5 feet
Spread: 1 to 1.5 feet
Bloom Time: June - August
Bloom Color: Pink
Sun: Full sun
Water: Medium
Maintenance: Low

Plant Culture and Characteristics

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Uses:		Wildlife:	Flowers:	Leaves:	Fruit:
Hedge	Suitable as annual	Attracts birds	Has showy flowers	Leaves colorful	Has showy fruit
Shade tree	Culinary herb	Attracts	Has fragrant flowers	Leaves fragrant	Fruit edible
Street tree	Vegetable	hummingbirds	Flowers not showy	Good fall color	Other:
Flowering tree	Water garden plant	Attracts	Good cut flower	Evergreen	Winter interest
Gr. cover (<1')	Will naturalize	butterflies	Good dried flower		Thorns or spines

General Culture:

Easily grown in average, medium, well-drained soil in full sun. Tolerates light shade. Remove spent flower spikes to encourage additional bloom. If plants are cut back to basal foliage after completion of summer bloom, remaining folia mounds will stay attractive until frost with some additional intermittent fall rebloom often occurring.

Noteworthy Characteristics:

This spike speedwell cultivar is an erect, compact, mounded, slowly-spreading plant which sends up dense, vertical terminal spikes (racemes) of tiny pink flowers to a height of 15". Blooms from early to late summer if spent flower spikes are promptly deadheaded. Toothed, silvery to grayish-green, lance-shaped leaves (to 2" long).

Problems:

No serious insect or disease problems. Root rot may occur in wet, poorly drained soils, particularly in winter.

Uses:

Rock gardens and border fronts.