Veronica

RHS Genus Guide

Veronica are a versatile range of summer-flowering perennials. The taller plants make excellent border subjects with other perennials and ornamental grasses, while mat-forming ones are good for border edging, groundcover or a rockery. Native speedwells including V. spicata are useful for wild gardens, meadows and light woodland. And there's one aquatic, native wildflower Veronica beccabunga to grow along a pond margin.

Common name: Gentian speedwell, prostrate speedwell, speedwell, Brooklime

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Veronica

saw-leaved speedwell 'Crater Lake Blue'

Veronica austriaca subsp. teucrium 'Crater Lake Blue'

saw-leaved speedwell 'Crater Lake Blue'

Height: 0.1–0.5 metres
Width: 0.1–0.5 metres

speedwell 'Shirley Blue'

Veronica 'Shirley Blue'

speedwell 'Shirley Blue'

Height: 0.1–0.5 metres
Width: 0.1–0.5 metres

gentian speedwell

Veronica gentianoides

gentian speedwell

Height: 0.1–0.5 metres
Width: 0.1–0.5 metres

prostrate speedwell

Veronica prostrata

prostrate speedwell

Height: 0.1–0.5 metres
Width: 0.1–0.5 metres

saw-leaved speedwell 'Royal Blue'

Veronica austriaca subsp. teucrium 'Royal Blue'

saw-leaved speedwell 'Royal Blue'

Height: 0.1–0.5 metres
Width: 0.1–0.5 metres

spiked speedwell

Veronica spicata

spiked speedwell

Height: 0.5–1 metres
Width: 0.1–0.5 metres

speedwell 'Georgia Blue'

Veronica umbrosa 'Georgia Blue'

speedwell 'Georgia Blue'

Height: Up to 10cm
Width: 0.5–1 metres

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