Video transcript: Veronicastrum virginicum 'Fascination'
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Veronicastrum virginicum or Virginia veronica ‘Fascination’ is a tall deciduous perennial native to the wet prairies of the eastern United States. It offers a long summer flowering in downy spikes covered with tiny soft pink-lilac flowers. It is also a very architectural plant that provides food for many pollinators.
Veronicastrum virginicum 'Fascination' on video
Growing conditions
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Flowering: June–September
- Exposure: partial shade or sun
- Soil: neutral to acidic, fresh to moist, clay or clay-loam
- Planting: March–April or September–October
- Hardiness: -15°C
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No maintenance: but terminal shoots can be pruned in May–June to encourage branching.
Description of Veronicastrum 'Fascination'
This plant belongs to family Scrofulariacées. It can reach 1.40 m in height and 70 cm in spread. It is a very striking plant because of its habit and whorled foliage.
Flowers form fine, long spikes about 20 cm long, with a downy appearance, comprising a large number of tiny pink florets.
Flowers are nectariferous and attract many insects including butterflies. Plant takes two or three years to become well established.
Fascination and fasciation!
Variety ‘Fascination’ often produces fasciations (no, no, that’s not a typo!). A fasciation is an abnormal growth of part of the plant, producing, in this case, slightly misshapen flowers, but very striking and decorative.
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