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POSTED BY KIM — One of the few plants in my garden that’s in full bloom right now is the groundcover, Veronica peduncularis ‘Georgia Blue.’
It’s hard to find a true blue in the plant world. A few that come to mind — Mertensia virginica Virginia bluebells, Ceratostigma plumbaginoides Perennial plumbago, and this little beauty.
It stays low, maybe getting only 6″ tall, and is a nice spreader — not invasive, but spreading enough that you can split it and move it around. Once it’s done blooming, then you have the dainty foliage that almost acts like a mulch — dainty foliage = no weeds! Likes full or part sun and well-drained soil.
Try it under some rose bushes, spread amongst some perennials, or even in a fairy garden.
It's dainty enough, Georgia Blue makes a nice fairy garden plant, too.
3 Comments
April 12, 2009 at 11:06 pm
I love this veronica, too, but I haven’t noticed if mine’s blooming yet. I’ll go out and look tomorrow morning. I love to stare deeply into these tiny blooms – I’m fascinated by their intricate patterns and fine lines. So beautiful!
April 15, 2009 at 7:07 am
Kim, I have veronica ‘Waterperry blue’ beneath my roses and it has been there for some years. It slowly, nicely moves along and makes a great goundcover . It has begun to bloom . Very sweet also but more of a soft lavender color. Of course, I got it at SCG.
April 16, 2009 at 12:15 am
My Georgia Blue has been blooming their tiny little heads off for at least a month in my garden. I heard it was better than waterperry Blue ( and I love that one, so I wanted to try the new one to see how it did. My Waterberry Blue which is planted about 2′ away still looks lifeless.
And the winner is….Georgia Blue Veronica!!!! A super low growing, low maintenace groundcover.