100+ Blue Violet Veronica Seeds Butterfly Magnet! Excellent for Erosion Control

Description: Veronica porphyriana is a little stunner because of its brilliant, intense blue-violet color. Dazzling brilliant blue-violet spires approx 1 ft high in a continuous display all through summer & autumn. Stands proud and jaunty above a dark green carpet of foliage. Dense, tight, weed suppressing groundcover! Veronica porphyriana is also such a little dazzler because of the dense and low, tight-knit and knotting groundcover carpet it forms. So it is excellent for suppressing weeds on banks, slopes or rockeries and helping with erosion. Good in dry & heat! Plant hardy little Veronica porphyriana in Full Sun. Though it can also tolerate some Partial Shade as long as it is not damp shade. It revels in dry soil and perfect drainage. So it is right at home in sandy soil, gravel or rocky soil, as well as garden loam. However do not be too generous with fertilizer, particularly in good soil, as it flowers better and grows more tightly if it does it a little tough. Little Bird’s Eye Speedwell is drought resistant, water-wise and needs very little supplementary water, so it will keep on smiling through periods of heat and dry. Equally tough in frost and equally resistant to hard frosts because it can tolerate temperatures down to at least -4F and well below, depending on conditions. Bees and butterflies are drawn to Veronica porphyriana to sip on abundant nectar. And this darling little plant provides such a reliable food supply for them because of the exceptionally long and consistent blooming, when many other plants have given up in the heat. Thankfully, the flavor of Veronica porphyriana is not appealing to our nibbling deer and rabbit foes. Sow all year in trays indoors / scatter in the garden in spring or autumn. INDOORS: First sow the seeds in a tray on the surface of good quality seed raising mix. Then pat gently to the surface to ensure good contact. Now barely cover the seed with sieved mix / vermiculite / or fine sandy grit; these seeds need light to germinate, so do not bury them. Now thoroughly moisten the sown tray by standing in a shallow water bath. Allow the moisture to percolate up to the surface from below. Alternatively you can finely mist, taking care to not disturb the tiny seeds. Place the tray in a warm, well-lit position (not in direct sun). You can use a heat mat if you have one, or a warm window sill (out of the sun). Temperatures of 68-80 approx. are best for rapid and optimum germination. Continue to keep moist by misting from a spray water bottle as required. Covering the tray with a clear plastic lid also helps the top maintain consistent moisture. Seedlings emerge in approx. 14-28 days.

Price: 5.95 USD

Location: Gate City, Virginia

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