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Also Known As

  • Fascination Culver's Root

Plant type

perennial

size

  • H: 3'-4'
  • W: 2'-3'

planting zones

  • 5a-9b

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Veronicastrum virginicum 'Fascination' plant details

Veronicastrum virginicum 'Fascination' is a broadleaf deciduous perennial with green foliage. In summer lavender and pink flowers emerge. Attracts bees and butterflies making it an excellent addition to pollinator gardens. Grows well with sun and even moisture - regular water. Does well in average, rich and well-drained soil. A good option if you're seeking something heat tolerant and humidity tolerant.

CHARACTERISTICS OF Veronicastrum virginicum 'Fascination'

Plant type: perennial
Plant family: plantaginaceae
Foliage: deciduous green
Mature size: 2 FT - 3 FT - wide, 3 FT - 4 FT - tall
Flowers: lavender and pink blooms in summer
Uses: border plant, cottage garden, cutting garden, showy

GROWING CONDITIONS for Veronicastrum virginicum 'Fascination'

USDA Zones: 5a - 9b
Sun exposure: sun
Watering frequency: even moisture - regular
Resistant to: heat and humidity
Soil needs: average, rich and well-drained

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Nursery contributed plant descriptions

Easy to grow perennial with towering stems 4-5’ tall topped with grand spikes of tiny tube like lilac-rose flowers with a candelabra arrangement (resembles Veronica on steroids) June to August. Very architectural! Stems are whorled with handsome serrated foliage. Needs full sun, well drained moist to wet soil and attracts butterflies. Plant clumps are 3-4’ wide. This one was love at first sight for me!
Mid to late summer blooming, this form of Culver's Root provides endless candelabras of lilac rose spires to compliment Coneflowers and Border Phlox in the dog days of July and August. Happy in a range of soil conditions, 'Fascination' grows to 5' tall, and will form clumps 2-3' wide.
Fascination's leafy stems taper delicately into 15 in. long lilac-rose racemes tipped with vivid green buds, which bend and curve, adding a playful air to its imposing carriage. Display this graceful Veronicastrum with Angelica archangelica's rounded umbels, and the rosy plumes of Miscanthus 'Nippon'.
The tall (to 4') slender flower "candles" of lavender; irridescent-pink on this pretty SE moist meadow wildflower joyfully mix with grasses or other late (Aug-Sept) blooming flowers; will form a colony. Sun/M-W

Gardening facts about Veronicastrum virginicum 'Fascination' plant

How to Grow Veronicastrum virginicum 'Fascination'

  • Sun Exposure

    • sun
  • Water Needs

    • even moisture - regular
  • Soil Needs

    • average
    • well-drained
    • rich
  • Special Situation

    • heat tolerant
    • humidity tolerant

Features

  • Flower Season

    • summer
  • Flower Color

    • pink
    • lavender
  • Foliage Season

    • deciduous
  • Wildlife

    • bees
    • butterflies
  • Foliage Color

    • green
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