{"id":7422,"date":"2010-05-19T08:59:44","date_gmt":"2010-05-19T15:59:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7422"},"modified":"2010-05-17T09:26:26","modified_gmt":"2010-05-17T16:26:26","slug":"veronicastrum-height-vertical-form-in-gardens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/veronicastrum-height-vertical-form-in-gardens\/","title":{"rendered":"Veronicastrum  Height &#038; Vertical Form in Gardens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/kabacchi\/3904434997\/ Veronicastrum sibiricum subsp. japonicum creative commons\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2467\/3904434997_b87b30ae47_d.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Veronicastrum grows and flowers 3-6 feet tall and adds height  to many gardens.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tips for Growing Veronicastrum <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Native to American woodlands and prairies, Veronicastrum likes rich moist soil.<\/li>\n<li> With full sun or light shade they grow towards the light and may need staking in windy locations but grow well with other back of the border perennials.<\/li>\n<li> Flowering is in late summer in whites, purples and pink, they are Bee friendly.<\/li>\n<li> Leave the spikes to add winter interest and for seeding.<\/li>\n<li> Use as cut flowers either fresh or dried.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nHardy Varieties to Grow<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li> Veronicastrum virginicum &#8216;Album&#8217; has an airy white spire of tightly packed flowers.<\/li>\n<li> Veronicastrum virginicum &#8216;Facination&#8217; grows on stiff stems but the mauve flowering spikes droop slightly whilst still adding height to the back of borders.<\/li>\n<li> Veronicastrum  roseum &#8216;Pink Glow&#8217; is the colour it claims to be and mixes well with other late blooming perennials.<\/li>\n<li> Veronicastrum sibiricum (above)\u00c2\u00a0 is lower growing at 3-4 feet<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Veronicastrum grows and flowers 3-6 feet tall and adds height to many gardens. Tips for Growing Veronicastrum Native to American woodlands and prairies, Veronicastrum likes rich moist soil. With full sun or light shade they grow towards the light and may need staking in windy locations but grow well with other back of the border perennials. Flowering is in late summer in whites, purples and pink, they are Bee friendly. Leave the spikes to add winter interest and for seeding&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/flowers\/veronicastrum-height-vertical-form-in-gardens\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-flowers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7422"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7422\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}