Culver's Root Veronicastrum - 1 Gallon Pot
$27.98
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Culver's Root Veronicastrum - 1 Gallon Pot
$27.98
Sale price
$27.98
Regular price
$36.00
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Description
Culver's Root
Veronicastrum virginicum
Other Names: Bowman's Root
Plant Details & Attributes
USDA Cold Hardiness Zones: 3a-8b Find Your Zone
Plant Type: Herbaceous Perennial
Height at Maturity: Foliage: 3-4" | Flowers: 4-7'
Width at Maturity: 2-4'
Spacing: 24" for mass plantings
Spacing: 24" for mass plantings
Growth Habit / Form: Upright, Clump
Growth Rate: Fast
Flower Color: White
Flower Size: 12-24" tall flower spikes!
Flowering Period: Late Spring to Early Summer
Flower Type: Single, packed on vertical, Veronica-like spikes
Fragrant Flowers: -
Foliage Color: Dark Green to Blue-Green
Fragrant Foliage: -
Berries: -
Berry Color: -
Sun Needs: Full to Mostly Sun; 6 or more hours of sunlight daily
Water Needs: Average
Soil Type: Clay (well-draining), Loam, Sandy, Silt
Soil Moisture / Drainage: Moist But Well Drained; occasionally wet
Soil pH: 6.0 - 8.0 (Acid to Alkaline)
Maintenance / Care: Low
Attracts: Butterflies, Hummingbirds, Beneficial Pollinators, Visual Attention
Resistances: Cold Temperatures (-40F), Deer, Disease, Drought (moderate when established), Heat, Humidity, Insect, Rabbit, Wet Soil
Description
Veronicatrum virginicum, commonly called Culver's Root, is a North American native perennial that will not go unnoticed in any garden or floral arrangement. It forms a bushy plant with upright stems clothed in attractive 6" lance-shaped dark green to blue-green leaves. In late spring to early summer, vertical, branching flower stems 18-24" tall are covered in tubular white flowers that the hummingbirds, butterflies, and pollinators will flock to. The sturdy flower stems are excellent for cutting and will last up to a week in a floral arrangement. The plant often blooms again in the fall if spent flower stems are cut off. Culver's Root is easy to grow with six or more hours of sunlight daily and in moist to occasionally wet soils, and its deep root system also makes it quite drought tolerant when established. It is one of those plants that always has you looking forward to its bloom!
Landscape & Garden Uses
Growing up to 7 feet tall in bloom and 2 to 4 feet wide, Culver's Root is ideal for use at the back of the sunny perennial border. It is a fine addition to butterfly gardens, mixed perennial gardens, meadow gardens, wildflower gardens, cottage gardens, native gardens, hummingbird gardens, white theme gardens, and butterfly and beneficial pollinator gardens.
Growing Preferences
Culver's Root is a little slow but easy to grow in moist or wet, well-drained soil of average fertility and six or more hours of sunlight daily. Removing spent flower spikes after the first bloom cycle encourages fall rebloom.
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