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Mystery Springtime plant

comments (7) May 26th, 2009 in gallery

Jakieshouse Jakieshouse, member
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This is a spring flowering groundcover that I transplanted from my mom's house. It has tiny sky blue flowers edged in white. It grows about 4 inches tall and spreads. I would love to know what it is!

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hemlockwoods writes: That is a veronica. the leaves shown are of a mint that it is growing through I think. Posted: 11:52 pm on June 22nd
rubracephallus writes: veronica penducularis is lovely and non invasive in my zone 5, (ok, more like zone 4) garden
winters here are great for taming bullies
cheers Posted: 8:40 pm on June 12th
aquagirl writes: I have spent many an hour killing this invasive plant. I agree it is beautiful, but it has taken over my pernnial garden and yes it is only on the top of the ground, I have pulled and pulled and pulled for three years and still haven't made much progress. It has killed off the grass because it is so thick. I allow it under the crabapples, but am working to eleminate it in the garden and the edges of the lawn & garden and patches in the veg garden. I think I would treat it like MINT: Be WARY, be very Wary. Possibly try to plant it in a free form edging to keep it in place. Veronica is known as a thug. Posted: 10:30 am on May 31st
WildRose2121 writes: I looked up "Veronica"- Veronica liwanensis. Common Name: speedwell; Family: Scrophulariaceae; Zone: 4-9; Plant Type: Herbaceous perennial. Judging by the pictures, it has a similarly colored blue flower, but the leaves are very different. Maybe it's a different variety.

The Baby Blue Eyes, I also looked up, is Nemophila menziesii, aka California Blue Bells, has a much different leaf too, described as "ferny". Baby Blue Eyes is a delicate flower with 5 rounded petals and a white center that gives it a friendly, pansy-like look. Several blooms appear on each erect plant. Nemophila menziesii is an annual. Its bell-shaped flowers grow to about one inch across. Its foliage is hairy and fernlike and pale green in color.

Hey, I think I found it! Veronica peduncularis 'Georgia Blue'. Zone 6-9; Plant Type: Herbaceous perennial.
Posted: 9:03 am on May 29th
flowpow writes: I agree, veronica and the blue flowers are so vivid. Love them but can be invasive so be careful where you put them. Posted: 7:26 am on May 29th
mollynme writes: I have this plant which I got from a friend's garden years ago. I've only known it by the name 'Baby Blue Eyes'. If you google an image by that name, it looks like that's what it is. Posted: 7:24 am on May 29th
Kinry writes: This looks to me to be a semi-prostrate Veronica...it's botanical name I don't know! It's happily spreading demeanor makes it an easy ground cover for sunny or partly sunny places. I always have more than enough to share!

The tiny blue flowers are lovely in May in New Hampshire! Posted: 5:45 am on May 29th
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