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Bright and beautiful spires bring elegant sophistication to your gardenGenerous and jaunty blooms are densely packed onto upright stems to bring fresh flower stems all summer. Veronica longifolia ‘First Love’ offers bubble-gum pink blooms over dense, low mounds of thick, weed-suppressing foliage. Flowers are a great way to pull in butterflies and other pollinators to the garden and are an ideal inclusion in containers as well as herbaceous borders. If you are planting a wildlife garden, we think these resplendent beauties are a ‘must have’ too. Veronica make a long-lasting and intriguing inclusion to floral arrangements, with its decorous spires adding elongated form to a vase. Plants are commonly known as Garden Speedwell – a name which relates to their wildflower cousins who would bestow good fortune upon travellers as they spotted them at the roadsides along their journey. Veronica longifolia ‘First Love’ prefers a spot in moist, well-drained soil of any type except chalk based
Key Information
| Latin Name | Veronica longifolia ‘First Love’ |
|---|---|
| Common Name | Tall Speedwell |
| Hardiness | H6 (-15 to -20°C) |
| Colour | Pink |
| Type | Perennial |
| Format | Young Plants |
| Position | Full-Sun, Part-Shade, Part-Sun |
| Foliage | Deciduous |
| Height in Maturity (m) | 0.40 m |
| Spread in Maturity (m) | 0.45 |
| Soil Conditions | Clay Loam Sand |
| Soil Acidity | Acid Alkaline Neutral |
| Aspect | East-facing, South-facing, West-facing |
| Good for pots | Yes |
| Good for wildlife | Yes |
| Good for pollinators | Yes |
| Good for cutting | Yes |
| Good for groundcover | Yes |
