Veronica Sunny Border Blue
Veronica Sunny Border Blue
Veronica Sunny Border Blue
Spiked Speedwell
The young plants are small and were planted immediately, with the roots being the most important. I am eagerly awaiting summer.
Martine, 17/10/2020
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Description
Veronica 'Sunny Border Blue' is a very popular hybrid Veronica variety, introduced in 1946. This vigorous deciduous to semi-evergreen perennial offers upright, compact and dense spikes of small blue-violet flowers in summer. It forms spreading clumps with greyish and villous foliage, which spreads thanks to a strong creeping stump. It thrives in sunny beds with well-drained limestone soil. Its flowers are perfect for bouquets.
The Veronica 'Sunny Border Blue', also known as Veronica spicata 'Sunny Border Blue', from the Plantaginaceae family, formerly classified in the Scrophulariaceae family, is a variety derived from Veronica spicata or spike speedwell. This perennial plant mainly grows in the mountains, up to 2000 meters (6500 feet) altitude. It can also be found in meadows, dry grasslands, rocky slopes, at the edge of forests, most of the time on limestone soil.
The Sunny Border Blue form shows dense and vigorous vegetation, 30 to 45cm (12 to 18in) tall for the foliage, 50cm (20in) tall when flowering, spreading over a diameter of 50cm (20in) from its powerful semi-woody stump. Its villous stems are branched in the upper part and bear deciduous to semi-evergreen ovate to linear leaves, with finely dentate edges, in a beautiful dark green colour. In summer, from June to August and sometimes until September, it produces tiny star-shaped blue-violet flowers, green at the top of each spike, tightly packed on dense and upright flower spikes. This flowering is nectar-rich. The plant self-seeds spontaneously in light soil.
This Sunny Border Blue spike speedwell can be planted in any well-drained soil, even rocky and limestone, preferably in full sun. It is particularly suitable for a mountain garden with rocky soil. While it prefers some moisture at its base, once well established, it tolerates drought fairly well. This perennial will be very useful for dressing the base of shrub roses or in an elevated bed, on a slope, in a rockery, combined with echinaceas, stipas, red shrubby salvias, Californian poppies or lavender. Its blue spikes add height and colour to a low-growing mass composed of very spreading plants such as aubrietas, wall bellflowers or cerastiums. The spiked speedwell can also be showcased as a standalone plant. Its flowers are also very beautiful in summer bouquets.
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Veronica
Sunny Border Blue
Plantaginaceae
Spiked Speedwell
Cultivar or hybrid
Planting and care
The spiked speedwell Sunny Border Blue is a sun-loving and poor soil plant. Its preferred habitat is limestone soil, rather dry and rocky or gravelly, and properly drained. It dislikes stagnant moisture in winter, much more than the cold. You can cut back the faded stems, which have a brownish appearance. Indeed, the dried-out stems are not always aesthetic, so it is preferable to remove them, which will also promote the resumption of flowering. You can also let a few plants self-sow, the plants resulting from these spontaneous sowings will not always be identical to the parent plant. In any case, the clumps should be cut back in spring before the emergence of vegetation.
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Hardiness is the lowest winter temperature a plant can endure without suffering serious damage or even dying. However, hardiness is affected by location (a sheltered area, such as a patio), protection (winter cover) and soil type (hardiness is improved by well-drained soil).
The flowering period indicated on our website applies to countries and regions located in USDA zone 8 (France, the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Netherlands, etc.)
It will vary according to where you live:- In zones 9 to 10 (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), flowering will occur about 2 to 4 weeks earlier.
- In zones 6 to 7 (Germany, Poland, Slovenia, and lower mountainous regions), flowering will be delayed by 2 to 3 weeks.
- In zone 5 (Central Europe, Scandinavia), blooming will be delayed by 3 to 5 weeks.
In temperate climates, pruning of spring-flowering shrubs (forsythia, spireas, etc.) should be done just after flowering.
Pruning of summer-flowering shrubs (Indian Lilac, Perovskia, etc.) can be done in winter or spring.
In cold regions as well as with frost-sensitive plants, avoid pruning too early when severe frosts may still occur.
The planting period indicated on our website applies to countries and regions located in USDA zone 8 (France, United Kingdom, Ireland, Netherlands).
It will vary according to where you live:
- In Mediterranean zones (Marseille, Madrid, Milan, etc.), autumn and winter are the best planting periods.
- In continental zones (Strasbourg, Munich, Vienna, etc.), delay planting by 2 to 3 weeks in spring and bring it forward by 2 to 4 weeks in autumn.
- In mountainous regions (the Alps, Pyrenees, Carpathians, etc.), it is best to plant in late spring (May-June) or late summer (August-September).
The harvesting period indicated on our website applies to countries and regions in USDA zone 8 (France, England, Ireland, the Netherlands).
In colder areas (Scandinavia, Poland, Austria...) fruit and vegetable harvests are likely to be delayed by 3-4 weeks.
In warmer areas (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), harvesting will probably take place earlier, depending on weather conditions.
The sowing periods indicated on our website apply to countries and regions within USDA Zone 8 (France, UK, Ireland, Netherlands).
In colder areas (Scandinavia, Poland, Austria...), delay any outdoor sowing by 3-4 weeks, or sow under glass.
In warmer climes (Italy, Spain, Greece, etc.), bring outdoor sowing forward by a few weeks.
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