Half a day of sun is fine. Some years ago at a garden-design competition in the Loire Valley of France, I happened upon a Culver’s root (Veronicastrum virginicum) called "Fascination." It is a tall ...

Consider Culver’s root (Veronicastrum virginicum), he said, “one of my absolute top 10 favorites.” In summer, the three- to six-footer is topped with candelabras fashioned of wands of tiny ...

80cm I love a plant pun and I often wonder if ‘Fascination’, a tall long-flowering veronicastrum with lavender flowers, is a ...

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