‘Kapitan’ has blue flowers. Veronica austriaca is a sunny border, bushy perennial with rose pink, blue, purple or white spike summer flowers. Regular moisture best, but plants can become more drought tolerant if given deep, infrequent watering. Use where a […]
Veronica ( Sunny Border Blue Spike Speedwell )
Veronica spicata is a herbaceous perrenial. ‘Sunny Border Blue’ produces erect sturdy spikes of tubular, dark violet-blue flowers from early summer to late autumn. This is a clump growing perennial with lance-shaped, crinkled, toothed, glossy dark green leaves. This species […]
Verbena ( Sandy Series Verbena )
The cultivars of the Sandy Series are compact and bloom in rose-pink with or without white center or solid color magenta, scarlet and white. Verbena is a popular short-lived perennial, treated as an annual used as a ground cover or […]
Verbena ( Peaches and Cream Verbena )
‘Peaches and Cream’ is one of the Novalis Series bearing pastel orange-pink flowers, aging to apricot-yellow, then creamy yellow. Verbena is a popular short-lived perennial, treated as an annual used as a ground cover or low border in front of […]
Verbena ( Imagination Verbena )
‘Imagination’ is a good cultivar for hanging baskets. It is a mound-forming and spreading with pinnatified leaves and deep violet-blue flowers. Verbana is a popular short-lived perennial, treated as an annual used as a ground cover or low border in […]
Verbena ( Blaze Verbana )
‘Blaze’ is mound-forming with scarlet-red flowers. Verbana is a popular short-lived perennial, treated as an annual used as a ground cover or low border in front of taller perennials. Flat-topped flower clusters present from late spring until first frost. Almost […]
Verbascum pheoniceum ( Purple Mullein )
Rosette forming evergreen perennial. Dark green, veined leaves are short-stalked, oval, and 6 inches long and hairy beneath. Violet to dark purple saucer-shaped flowers in slender spikes. These biennials may be started from seed in spring and transplanted when 2 […]
Vanilla planifolia ( Vanilla Orchid )
A terrestrial, climbing orchid. Fleshy leaves grow to 6 inches long. Flowers appear on axillary racems, in spring. Use terrestrial orchid potting mix in containers, with extra bark and organic mix. Requires filtered light in summer. Commercially cultivated for vanilla […]
Vanda tessellata ( Vanda Orchid )
An epiphytic orchid. Linear leaves, to 18 inches long, are curved. The variable, 2 inches across flowers appear on long, arching racemes, in fall. Use epiphytic orchid potting mix in slatted baskets. Requires full light, with shade from hot sun. […]
Vanda ( Rothschildiana Orchid )
An epiphytic orchid. Linear leaves, to 6 inches long, are curved. The 4 inch across flowers appear on long, arching racemes, throughout the year. Use epiphytic orchid potting mix in slatted baskets. Requires full light, with shade from hot sun. […]