Veronicastrum virginicum ‘Apollo’
Veronicastrum 'Apollo' has lavender candelabras held aloft on tall stems with whorls of architectural foliage.
Veronicastrum virginicum ‘Apollo’ is a lovely, tall, back of the border, late-flowering clumper that loves moist feet and good sun. The elegant flowers look like lavender-purple candelabras in the garden. Plants bulk up with time offering large clumps of lavender spires and attractive foliage whorled at regular intervals along the stems. Becomes more drought tolerant with age. A Canadian native from Manitoba east to Nova Scotia and south to Florida. Popular with bees and butterflies. Deer resistant.
Common Name: Culver’s Root
Family: Plantaginaceae (The Plantain Family)
Zone Hardiness: 3-9
Light: Full Sun, Part Sun
Height: 4-6'
Width: 12-24"
Primary Bloom Colour: Purple
Secondary Bloom Colour: Lavender
Bloom Time: Summer - Fall
Foliage Colour: Green
Class: Deciduous
Type: Perennial
Soil Moisture: Average, Moist
Stem Colour:
Fragrance: No
Berries:
Benefits: Butterflies, Bees
Deer Resistant: Yes
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 from Manitoba to Nova Scotia south to Florida and Louisiana.
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Geographical Origin: North America
