Re: tanecetum and veronica

Claire,
Thanks for the voice of experience. I'm glad to know that it's hardy for
you and prolific too.

Yes, the veronica is the gold-leaved variety. It has done very well and I
really like this one. Doesn't matter that the flowering period is brief
because the foliage stays gorgeous for 12 months of the year, (at least,
it didn't die back last winter at all, the leaves just got goldier. Might
be different in a normal winter though, haven't had it too long). No
pests and even though it's 102 outside today it looks fresh and crisp.

Will look for rooting along the stems. Thanks much.

                                                Mary
 
> I don't know Tanacetum niveum "Jackpot" but assume it is a selection 
> of the 
> species.  That being so, it is hardy in my zone 4 garden.  This 
> plant seeds 
> around in the summer, germinates in late summer and produces a clump 
> of 
> grey/green mum-like foliage.  The following spring it triples in 
> size and 
> making a rounded shaped white daisy covered mound.
> 
> Having bloomed, the plants are never so nice the next spring so I 
> pull them 
> out.  They behave as a biennial here having maintained themselves 
> for many 
> years.  An older plant gets a woody base, a younger plant blooms 
> more freely. 
>  This year's seedlings are germinating now.
> 
> That Veronica 'Trehane" - would it be the gold colored leaf?   If so 
> it is a 
> creeper/mat former and probably is rooted along some of it's new 
> growth 
> already. That would make it an easy plant to divide.  
> 
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