Veronicastrum 'Lavender Towers'

You may have missed this flower in our July garden tour this week, so let me point it out to you! It is quite pointy after all...
Veronicastrum 'Lavender Towers' in the Hill Garden this week with Echinacea purpurea.
Veronicastrum 'Lavender Towers' attracting a pollinator to its tiny flowers that are arranged in a whirl around branching spikes.
The lavender light in the background is one of the lovely sunsets we had last week. It was a beautiful coincidence that I was out taking photos at this perfect moment: it matches the light purple of the Veronicastrum perfectly!
Julie @ Wife, Mother, Gardener
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  • Douglas Hunt Douglas Hunt on Jul 22, 2013
    Another tip about Veronicastrum that I learned from Tracy DiSabato-Aust: if you do a tiered pruning (so that you end up with a plant that looks sort of like a wedding cake, with shortest stems on the outside), you will get blooms over a longer period of time.
  • So true, Doug! That works well with Rudbeckia, tall Sedum, Echinacea and Asters too. Tracy is an excellent garden teacher... love her books!
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