Video transcription: Veronicastrum virginicum 'Fascination'
Striking and nectar-rich
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Veronicastrum virginicum or Culver’s root ‘Fascination’ is a tall deciduous perennial native to the wet meadows of the eastern United States. It offers a long summer flowering period with fluffy spikes covered in tiny soft lilac-pink flowers. It is also a very striking plant that provides food for a large number of pollinating insects.
Veronicastrum virginicum 'Fascination' on video
Growing conditions
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Flowering: from June to September
- Aspect: partial shade or full sun
- Soil: neutral to acidic, moist to wet, clay or clay-loam
- Planting: March-April or September-October
- Hardiness: -15 °C
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No care required, although you can prune the terminal shoots in May-June to help it branch.
Description of Veronicastrum 'Fascination'
This plant belongs to the Scrophulariaceae family. It can reach 1.40 m in height and spread to 70 cm. It is a very architectural plant, with a whorled habit and foliage.
The flowers are slender, 20 cm-long spikes with a fluffy appearance, bearing a large number of tiny pink flowers.
The flowers are nectariferous and attract many insects, including butterflies. The plant takes two or three years to become well established.
Fascination and fasciation!
The variety ‘Fascination’ often produces fasciations (no, no, there are no typing mistakes!). A fasciation is abnormal growth in part of a plant, resulting, in this case, in slightly deformed but highly unusual and decorative flowers.
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