| Common Name | Culver's Root |
| Scientific Name | Veronicastrum virginicum |
| Height | 2'-6' tall |
| Sun/Shade | Sun - partial sun |
| Bloom Season | June - September |
| Bloom Color | White |
| Soil | Moist, well-drained, rich soil |
| Disease Susceptibility | |
| Propagation | Seeds small and difficult to germinate, but spreads easily once established. |
| Notes | Mass for best affect. Divide every 3-5 years. |
| Prairie Nursery | Heartland Restoration | Enders | Taylor Creek | Possibility Place | |
| Costs
from Spring 2001 catalog |
3" Pot
1-3 $3.95ea. 4-11 $2.95ea. 12-31 $2.75ea. 32-63 $2.25ea. 64-95 $1.95ea. 96+ $1.75 ea. 750,000seeds/oz.
|
65.00/oz | Native plant retail prices:
½ pint - 2.35, pint - 3.40, quart - 4.75, ½ gallon - 5.95, gallon - 7.50 & up. |
48.50/oz
1.50/plant |
Flat of 32 - $37.00
2" plug - $2.25 each gallons - $4.75 |
Information on Veronicastrum virginicum:
- USDA's PLANTS database. Plant Profile: http://plants.usda.gov/plants/cgi_bin/topics.cgi?earl=fact_sheet.cgi
- Wisconsin State Herbarium - http://wiscinfo.doit.wisc.edu/herbarium/scripts/detail.asp?SpCode=VERVIR
- Landscaping with Plants Native to Indiana. (pamphlet). November 1999.
- List of Roadside Native Plants for Illinois - http://www.inhs.uiuc.edu/~kenr/prairietable1.html
- Cullina, Willaim. The New England Wild Flower Society Guide to
Growing and Propagating Wildflowers of the United States and Canada.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co, 2000.
- Harstad, Carolyn. Go Native! Gardening with Native Plants and
Wildflowers in the Lower Midwest. Bloomington: Indiana University
Press, 1999