Veronicastrum virginicum 'Lavender Towers'

Scientific Name: Veronicastrum virginicum 'Lavendelturm'

Also Known As

Veronicastrum 'Lavender Towers'
Veronicastrum virginianum 'Lavendelturm'
Veronicastrum virginicum Lavender Towers
Culver's Root

Plant type

perennial

size

H: 4'-5'
W: 1'-2'

planting zones

3a-9b

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Veronicastrum virginicum 'Lavender Towers' plant details

Veronicastrum virginicum 'Lavender Towers' is a broadleaf deciduous perennial with green foliage. In summer lavender flowers emerge. Attracts bees and butterflies making it an excellent addition to pollinator gardens. Grows well with sun - mostly 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 'Lavender Towers'

Plant type: perennial
Plant family: plantaginaceae
Foliage: deciduous green
Mature size: 1 FT - 2 FT - wide, 4 FT - 5 FT - tall
Flowers: lavender blooms in summer
Uses: border plant, cutting garden, easy-to-grow

GROWING CONDITIONS for Veronicastrum virginicum 'Lavender Towers'

USDA Zones: 3a - 9b
Sun exposure: sun - mostly sun
Watering frequency: even moisture - regular
Resistant to: heat and humidity
Soil needs: average, rich and well-drained

Nursery contributed plant descriptions

Veronicastrum virginicum 'Lavender Towers' is lovely, tall, back of the border, late-flowering clumper that loves moist feet and good sun. The flowers look like lavender candelabras in the garden. Plants bulk up with time offering large clumps of lavender spires and attractive foliage whorled at regular intervals along the stems. A native from Manitoba east and south to Florida.

By: Phoenix Perennials and Specialty Plants Ltd.

Dramatic, this 4-5' spire of lavender mid-summer flowers atop attractive whirled foliage is great for back of the border or a garden prairie which it is an almost-native to; deadhead for longer bloom. S/M/GDr PPAF

By: Forestfarm

Easy to grow perennial with towering stems 4-5’ tall topped with grand spikes of tiny tube like lavender 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.

By: Secret Garden Growers

Coined Lavender Towers, this imposing Ernest Pagels introduction is aptly named. Straight-up stems garbed in handsome greenery—whorled, sharply toothed and pointed—give way to long branched spikes embellished with lovely pale purple flowers.

By: Digging Dog Nursery

A lovely, light lavender form of Culver's Root. The Ernst Pagels introduction is stunning in mass. Best used in the back of a perennial border, in meadow or naturalized gardens. The foliage on Veronicastrums is wonderful -- serrated leaves whorled round the unbranched stems. When we started offering this in 2005 it was all over Europe but unheard of here. It's lovely!