Veronicastrum virginicum Fascination Spillers horticulturally speaking

horticulturally speaking

Generally the seed heads remain attractive all winter

In late summer the clumps are topped with attractive 3' tall scapes of dark lavender flowers

native to much of South Africa's driest regions and into the Kingdom of Lesotho at elevations from sea level all the way to 10

Veronicastrum virginicum Fascination Spillers horticulturally speakingVeronicastrum virginicum 'Fascination' is a Dutch selection of the US native (Minnesota east to Maine and south to Alabama) perennial, from the garden of artist Ton ter Linden. The 6' tall, terminally branched stalks of Culver's root are clothed with whorled green foliage and further adorned with long spikes of tiny veronica like flowers of soft pink, starting above the leaves. Flowering typically begins for us in early June architecturally stunning.