Veronicastrum virginicum ‘Adoration’
Veronicastrum virginicum 'Adoration' is a Culver's root with architectural pink blooms on 5 foot candelabras.
Veronicastrum virginicum ‘Adoration’ is a lovely, tall, back of the border, summer-flowering clumper that loves moist feet and good sun. It forms branched spikes resembling candelabras covered in lilac-pink flowers. Plants bulk up over time offering large columns of attractive foliage whorled at regular intervals along the stems. Becomes more drought tolerant with age. A native from Manitoba east and south to Florida. Pollinator attractor.
Common Name: Culver’s Root
Family: Plantaginaceae (The Plantain Family)
Zone Hardiness: 3-9
Light: Full Sun Part Sun
Height: 4-6'
Width: 2-3'
Primary Bloom Colour: Pink
Secondary Bloom Colour: White/Cream
Class: Deciduous
Type: Perennial
Bloom Time: Summer - Fall
Soil Moisture: Average, Moist
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Fragrance: No
Berries:
Benefits: Bees Butterflies
Deer Resistant: Unknown
BC Native: No
Native Habitat: Moist to mesic black soil prairies, sand prairies, openings and edges of woodlands, thickets, savannas, and swampy meadows along rivers and ditches.
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