Hardy /Brooklime, European $

European Brooklime
Veronica beccabunga

Photo of European Brookline by Shaun Wnterton, California Department of Food and Agriculture, courtesy of bugwood.org

A spectacular creeper over the sides of containers, in streams, along the pond edge. Will form a mat of vegetation near pond edge that attracts frogs and other wildlife. Glossy green foliage stays all summer long, but the show is the tons of periwinkle-blue flowers in the spring. Roots along stem nodes, but very easy to remove if it gets to be too much.

Size: 4 to 8 inches
Zone: 4 – 8
Light: Sun to part shade