Culver's Root Veronicastrum virginicum 
                                                           USDA, NRCS, 1995-Midwestern Wetland Flora from USDA's PLANTS website
 
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.
1/8oz.-$24.00 
1/4oz.-$32.00 
1/2oz.-$48.00 
1oz.-$80.00 
1lb.-$1,200.00 

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