PERENNIAL: Veronicastrum virginicum (Culver’s Root)
Tried and True Native Plant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic
Elegant, adaptable, easy-to-grow Culver’s-root inhabits stream banks, moist meadows, and prairies in the eastern and central U.S. concentrated in the Great Lakes region. The striking, candelabra-like inflorescences add vertical structure, and the whorled leaves horizontal lines, to the landscape. Flowers attract a myriad of pollinators for about a month in summer.
Featured Glossary word: Whorl