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Veronica spicata Blue Carpet
1 packet (60 seeds) @ $3.55
Catalog Code: 6854
Veronica spicata Blue Carpet
Hardy Herbaceous Perennial
- Flowers: Summer
- Position: Sun or part shade
- Soil: Well drained
- Zones: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
- Height: 6 inches
- Germination: Experience Useful
- Aftercare: Care and Understanding
- Ideal for: Baskets, Border, Containers, Patio, Rockery, Tubs
Description
Amazingly dwarf, compact plants carry many spikes of brilliant sky-blue flowers, spreading to 15in.
Easy, long lived, tolerant of drought and wet with a profusion of flower all summer long.
Excellent for front of the border, rock gardens and containers.
Sowing Instructions
| Sowing time: | February to late May. |
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Sow in a good seed compost just covering the seed with Sow-Lite (vermiculite).
Seal inside a polythene bag and keep the compost moist but not saturated.
Germination takes around 14-40 days at 20C (70F).
Growing Instructions
When large enough to handle transplant the seedlings to boxes or 7.5cm (3in) pots, and grow on in cooler conditions.
When well grown gradually acclimatise to outdoor conditions and plant out 30cm (12in) apart in full sun or part shade and moist, well drained soil which has had plenty of well rotted compost added to it.
Aftercare Instructions
Provide some form of light staking in exposed positions.
Cut back to ground level in November each year.
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