Veronica austriaca 'CRATER LAKE BLUE'

Veronica austriaca 'CRATER LAKE BLUE'
creeping speedwell

SIZE/TYPE	low perennial
USUAL HEIGHT	0.3-0.5m
USUAL WIDTH
LEAVES	deciduous broadleaf
COLOUR OF LEAVES	green
FLOWERS	showy
COLOUR OF FLOWERS	sky blue
BLOOMING TIME	June - August
LOCATION	full to partial sun
USDA zone (lowest)	6 (down to -23°C)
WINTER PROTECTION
FOR ZONE 5+6
FOR ZONE 7
BELONGS TO CATEGORIES	Perennials Summer blooms

Creeping speedwell is a low maintenance perennial with numerous sky blue flowers in summer. They appear on 35-50 long stems and attract butterflies. Leaves are mid green. The plant is bushy and forms a clump about 45 cm wide. It is soil tolerant. It does best in full sun and likes occasional watering in dry summers. Fully hardy to about -29°C (USDA zone 5).

Last update 07-06-2008.

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STANDARD QUALITY - Plants of this group are 1st class quality with number of branches and overall density adequate to their size and age, considering they were container grown.
DE LUXE QUALITY - This label guarantees a luxurious quality of manually selected plants that, compared to their height and age, are exceptionally dense and beautiful.
EXTRA - These plants are usually mature and bigger specimens with exceptional overall appearance.
STANDARD (as described in the plant form) means a tree with a trunk of 190-210 cm and a crown at the top, unless specified differently. The commercial size for trees is their girth measured in the height of 1m from ground.
HOBBY - These plants are of the same quality as our standard-quality plants but younger and therefore cheaper.
SHRUB - a woody plant with branches growing bushy from the ground level.
HALF-STANDARD or MINI-STANDARD - a small tree with shorter trunk, its size is usually specified.
FEATHERED - These are trees with branches growing already from the base of the trunk and up along the stem.
GRASSES and PERENNIALS - Sizes given usually read the diameter of the pot or the clump, as specified.