Veronica 'CHRISTA'^®

Veronica 'CHRISTA'®
speedwell

SIZE/TYPE	mid-sized perennial
USUAL HEIGHT	0.4-0.6m
USUAL WIDTH	0.3-0.4m
LEAVES	deciduous broadleaf
COLOUR OF LEAVES	green
FLOWERS	showy
COLOUR OF FLOWERS	deep purple
BLOOMING TIME	July - August
LOCATION	full to partial sun
USDA zone (lowest)	4 (down to -34°C)
WINTER PROTECTION
FOR ZONE 5+6
FOR ZONE 7
BELONGS TO CATEGORIES	Perennials Summer blooms

Christa^® is a lovely speedwell introduction from early 2010’s. This hybrid offers uniquely formed inflorescence composed of tiny, deep indigo blue flowers. The spikes are topped with flattened combs that get bigger with age. They look exactly like flattened branches of Cristata Japanese Cedar. Christa^®, compared with common speedwell, makes taller stems making it suitable as cut flower. In humus-rich soil it is well-branched, and if regularly dead-headed it keeps on flowering until late summer. Leaves are narrowly elliptic, mid green.

Speedwell will grow in any moist but well-drained, reasonably fertile soil, preferably in full sun but partial shade will do no harm. Hardy to about -34°C (USDA zone 4), and will grow well in a container, too, where the soil should never dry out.

Last update 08-08-2013

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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.
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SHRUB - a woody plant with branches growing bushy from the ground level.
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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.