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Re: [SG] Culver's Root

At 02:46 PM 7/23/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Culver's Root is Veronicastrum virginicum. Despite the species name I
>think it is a midwestern native. Makes a good perennial border plant, or
>good massed in a moist prairie planting. Needs moist soil. Saw this on a
>garden tour last weekend in southern IN, and it made quite a hit with
>everyone. Have never seen it in the wild, but nurseries are beginning to
>carry it.
>
>Bobbi Diehl
>Bloomington, IN
>zone 5/6
>
>On Thu, 23 Jul 1998, Bob Axmear wrote:
>
>> Hello Gene and everyone
>>         Has anyone ever heard of Culver's Root. I think this is the name
of a
>> really nice looking upright plume type plant I found only once in
>> central Iowa.
>> Thanks
>> Bob
>>
>> --
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>>
The Fragrant Path catalog says it's "an erect perennial for the back of the
border with white to very pale pink spikes of tiny flowers to 9 inches
tall, on stems to 5-6 feet.  Zone 3."  Margaret
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