PLANT NATIVE: CULVER’s ROOT

Culver’s Root, Veronicastrum virginicum Height: 4-5’ Spread: 18” Sun: Full sun to Part Shade Water: Medium to Wet

This elegant native wildflower is appreciated for its strong upright growth habit and stately spires of white flower spikes in summer. Its tight, vertical habit makes it best used in the back of a perennial border or as a specimen. The stems are packed with dark green leaves, neatly arranged in whorls all along the stems. The white flower spikes contrast nicely with the handsome, deep green foliage. Each flower spike has a plethora of small white flowers that bloom over a long period of time. It is recognized by pollination ecologists as attracting large numbers of native bees and is a great nectar source for a variety of pollinating insects. It is very easy to grow in a variety of soils, but performs best in moist to wet, rich, welldrained soil. This adaptable plant can be grown as successfully in full sun as in partial shade.

Native plant recommendations from the Nebraska Statewide Arboretum, plantnebraska.org