Last spring I planted Veronica gentianoides in my garden. It produces elegant racemes* of pale blue flowers, about 45cm (18") tall from a low mound of neat, bright-green leaves. It has doubled its size for this year. They look beautiful in my border but when you look up close, really close, they have a hidden beauty which I never noticed before until I aimed my macro lens at them. The reproductive organs are little bobby-dazzlers. No wonder they attract pollinating insects.
* Apparently,
a raceme is like a spike but the flowers have stalks. (Wiki external link)
According to the Royal Horticultural Society they tolerate full sun to partial shade, like a loamy soil, moist but well-drained. They can be propagated by dividing in autumn or spring.
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| Flowers of Veronica gentianoides showing detail of reproductive organs |
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Veronica gentianoides
Dark blue anthers and cerise stigma! |
