Open House/Web-Only!
(aka: Verbena 'Royal Candles') In our trials, this 2001 introduction has impressed both us and our garden visitors. From Heather and Mike Philpott in the UK comes this amazing hybrid unlike any veronica we have grown. The 3" tall, tight clumping, rock garden-sized plants are topped, starting in May, with dozens of thin but sturdy 15" tall flower spikes (resembling those anorexic runway models). The spikes begin opening with blue-purple flowers at the base and move steadily upward like a lit fuse, ending their flowering cycle at the uppermost tip in mid-October...yes, that's five months of flowering! Pot size: 24 fl. oz (709.77 ml)
Zone: 3-8a 