Veronica is a workhorse in the cut flower garden. Veronica is a perennial from the Plantaginaceae family. The genus is Veronica and the species is longifolia. Veronica grows long, thick, curly wisps of blue, purple, white and pink flowers. With Veronica’s long stems and long floral upshot, it’s a floral designer's dream to add height, color & whimsy to any bouquet. Furthermore it’s a grower’s dream as you will see flowers it’s first year of growth.

Veronica, like all plugs, requires a hardening off period before planting. Veronica often also benefits from a few weeks bumping up into a chunkier 72 plug from a 125. When ready to plant, you are in luck - Veronica is incredibly flexible. She likes well drained soil, but is flexible to daylight timing, sunlight reception, and overall temperatures. Veronica thrives in 35 - 90 degree fahrenheit weather and can be planted in the spring for summer blooms or overwintered from fall into spring.

It’s no surprise that due to Veronica’s flexible nature, she doesn’t require netting, staking, pinching or anything other than the traditional - sunlight, water, weeding and love. Veronica should be planted with 9” between each plug so she can grow quite tall, up to 4’. Veronica isn’t particularly susceptible to any pests.

Harvest the entire plant of Veronica when the plumes are 33% (⅓) open. Harvesting all base of the crown will encourage Veronica to rebloom and live its best perennial life. When Veronica is fully established, one can plan for 2 - 3 flushes per year until production wanes after the 4th or 5th year when you may need to replace.