Shear back the foliage if it becomes worn-looking after flowering. When choosing a planting location for your Larkspur, opt for areas towards the back of your garden beds. The flowers rest among leaves that bear a striking resemblance to maple leaves. Remove spent flowers to promote additional blooms. The flower spikes grow up to seven feet tall and begin blooming in the early summer.It is attractive to butterflies, but resistant to rabbit and deer. Easy to grow, Speedwell requires very low care and is fairly pest and disease-free (some susceptibility to mildew).Perfect choice for borders, cottage gardens, coastal gardens, rock gardens, or containers.
Best performance occurs with consistent moisture combined with sharp soil drainage.
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Performs best in full sun, in average, medium moisture, well-drained soils.Grows in bushy, upright clumps, up to 6-12 in.Its compact habit makes it ideal for the front of the border, as an edging, in containers or rock gardens where it will create a dramatic impact. Agaves are one of the most popular spiky plants, displaying steels' blue foliage. Agaves There are lots of agave varieties, including those that are suitable for indoor planting. They sway above the bushy foliage mound of lance-shaped, deep green leaves. Some of the most popular spiky leaf plants include agaves, aloe vera, cacti, snake plants, dragon trees, etc. Attractive to butterflies, the flowers open from the base upward and create a vibrant floral display for weeks. Incredibly compact, Veronica 'Aspire' (Spike Speedwell) is a bushy, upright, clump-forming perennial producing dense, slender spikes of star-shaped, rich deep rose flowers throughout the summer.
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