Botanical

Name

English Name

1 Deciduous

2 Evergreen

3 Vine

4 Herbaceous

Perennial

Ultimate Height in feet

Color

Time of Bloom

Remarks

Veronica incana

Hoary Speedwell

4

1

Violet-blue

June & July

Foliage gray and rough. Flowers in numerous slender spikes about 3 inches long. Good in the border or rock-garden. A. G.

Veronica longifolia var.

subsessilis

Long-leaved Speedwell

4

2-3

Deep blue

Aug. & Sept.

One of the best of the late-flowering perennials. Long, deep green leaves, and flowers in numerous showy spikes or racemes, sometimes more than 1 foot long. An excellent border plant. A. G. I.

Veronica officinalis

Common Speedwell

4

6-8 in.

Light blue

May & June

A trailing plant with gray-green foliage and numerous flowers in small spikes. Good for massing under trees or for the rockery. A. G.

Veronica repens

Creeping Speedwell

4

4-6 in.

Blue-white

May

In habit like V. spuria.

Veronica rupestris

Rock Speedwell

4

4-6 in.

Purple-blue

May & June

Trailing in growth. Flowers in showy small spikes and borne in profusion. Excellent for the rockery, also good for massing under trees. A. D.

Veronica spicata

Spiked Speedwell

4

2-3

Purple-blue

Aug. & Sept.

A good border plant with gray-green foliage and masses of flowers on slender spikes about 6 inches long. A. G.I.

Veronica spicata var. alba

4

2-3

White

Aug. & Sept.

A white-flowered form of the preceding. A. G. I.

Veronica spuria or ame-thystina

Bastard Speedwell

4

1

Pale blue

May & June

A low branching perennial with numerous racemes of flowers about 3 inches long. Good for the border and rockery. A. G.

Veronica virginica

Culver's Root

4

4

White

Aug. & Sept.

Upright and bushy in growth with light green, rough leaves. Flowers in drooping,slender racemes. A.G. I.

Viburnum acerifolium

Maple-leaved Viburnum

1

5

Yellow-white

May

S. Good for low places or under trees. Foliage resembles that of the red maple. Flowers showy, in flat heads. Fruit large, almost black, showy. A. D. F.

Viburnum alnifolium

Hobble Bush

1

6-8

White

May & June

S. A wide-spreading shrub with large, rough leaves, sometimes more than 6 inches across. Flowers in flat heads about 4 inches across. Fruit dark purple, showy. A. E. F.

Viburnum cassinoides

White Rod

1

6-8

White

June

*

S. An upright shrub with dark, glossy-green foliage; flowers in flat heads about 3 inches across. Fruit light blue and very ornamental. Excellent for the shrubbery border. A. D.G.

Viburnum dentatum

Arrow Wood

1

6-8

White

May & June

S. Upright in growth with large, light green, rough leaves. Flowers in small, flat heads. Fruit blue-black. A good shrub for massing in coarse borders. A. D.G.