Sequim Rare Plants, Sequim, WA 98382

Veronica chamaedrys 'Miffy Brute'
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Veronica chamaedrys 'Miffy Brute'Veronica chamaedrys 'Miffy Brute'
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  • common name: speedwell
  • flowering season: early summer
  • height: 4 - 6 inches, spreading wider
  • Light requirements: sun; shaded from the hot afternoon sun
  • Soil requirements: average
  • Water requirments: average to moist
  • Growth habit: low
  • How to propagate: dividing in early summer
  • Leaf type: leaves no more than an inch long, variegated in cream and green
  • Ways to use it: at the front of a garden bed; along the edges of a container garden
  • Special characteristics: the colorful leaves also have light pink highlights at certain times during the year
  • Other points of interests: you will notice shoots without any creamy color off and on that should be clipped out while they are still small; if left on the plant they will outgrow the creamy leaves
This is a variegated sport of a plant that is native to Northern Europe. The leaves are green and cream. This cream can sometimes be a pure white tinted in pink, and at other times more of a creamy yellow. Light blue flowers open in early summer. It grows four to six inches tall with a greater width. Shoots that are all green will appear that are best pinched off when first observed. Hardy in full sun to partial shade. Give it more shade where summers are hot. USDA Zones 6 - 8.		  
 
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