Plantaginaceae
American brooklime
Veronica americana
Also known as Water speedwell, Veronica americana f. albiflora, American speedwell, Veronica beccabunga var. americana
Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Aquatic · Bog Plant · Rain Garden · Pond Margin · Native Perennial · Blue Flowers · Wetland · Water Garden · Part Shade
American brooklime is a native aquatic or semi-aquatic perennial that thrives in consistently moist to wet soils, making it ideal for pond margins, rain gardens, and boggy areas. It produces small blue flowers that attract pollinators throughout spring and summer. Keep the soil permanently moist or grow in shallow standing water for best results.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Keep soil consistently moist to wet; does not tolerate drying out between waterings · Every 3-5 days
- Maintenance
- Moderate
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5.7–7.5
- Temperature
- -25°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
Hardiness
USDA 4b-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 4 ft
- Spread
- 3 ft
- Spacing
- 12 in apart
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- Blue
- Foliage
- Green · Fine
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alabama, Alaska, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Arizona, Arkansas, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Japan, Kamchatka, Kansas, Kentucky, Khabarovsk
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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