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Plantaginaceae
European brooklime
Veronica beccabunga
Also known as Cardia beccabunga, Brooklime, Beccabunga vulgaris, Veronica fontinalis
Edibles & Herbs · Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Aquatic · Bog · Pond · Marginal · Blue-Flowers · Pollinator · Perennial · Water-Garden · Wetland · Spreading
European brooklime is an aquatic or semi-aquatic perennial that grows best in shallow water, bog gardens, or at the edges of ponds and streams with full to partial sun. It produces charming small blue flowers that attract pollinators and should never be allowed to dry out. It can spread vigorously in wet conditions, so periodic thinning may be needed to keep it contained.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Keep soil continuously moist to wet; suitable for marginal or boggy conditions · Every 3-5 days or keep soil consistently wet
- Maintenance
- Moderate
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 7–7.5
- Temperature
- -20°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 5a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 10 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- Blue
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, California, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Central European Rus, Chile South, China South-Central, Connecticut, Corse, Czechoslovakia
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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