Veronica prostrata
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Common Name: prostrate speedwell
Type: Herbaceous perennial
Family: Plantaginaceae
Zone: 4 to 8
Native Range: Europe
Height: 0.5 to 0.75 feet
Spread: 0.5 to 1.5 feet
Bloom Time: May to June
Bloom Color: Blue
Bloom Description: Pale to deep blue
Sun: Full sun to part shade
Water: Medium
Maintenance: Low
Flowers: Showy Flowers
Tolerates: Deer, Rabbits
Uses: Groundcover, Will Naturalize

Culture

Easily grown in average, medium, well-drained soil in full sun to part shade. Avoid wet, poorly drained soils. Plants may be sheared after flowering to revitalize and to encourage new foliage growth.

Noteworthy Characteristics

This speedwell species (sometimes commonly called harebell speedwell) is a low-growing, mat-forming ground cover which typically grows 6-8" tall and spreads indefinitely by sterile, prostrate stems. Short, dense racemes of tiny, pale-to-deep blue flowers (1/3" across) appear in the upper leaf axils of upright flowering stems in late spring to early summer. Sparse, intermittent rebloom may occur in summer and fall. Linear to ovate, entire to toothed, medium green leaves (to 1.5" long). Synonymous with and sometimes sold as Veronica rupestris.

Problems

No serious insect or disease problems.

Garden Uses

Ground cover for rock gardens or borders.

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