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Can/should I move common speedwell to between flagstones?
My van Bourgondien catalogue recommends, among other things, Turkish
Veronica as a rugged creeper for use in rock gardens on sunlit paths. At a cost of $8 per plant. The picture doesn't look that different from the common speedwell that is now blooming in the DC/Baltimore metro area. Can I just move whatever local stuff I find into my flagstone path? That is, of course I know I CAN, but will it serve to keep out other weeds and behve just like the expensive stuff? |
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Can/should I move common speedwell to between flagstones?
There are several different creeping annual Veronica species currently
flowering in the DC/Baltimore metro area. If you look at them carefully, you will see differences in the flowers, inflorescence, fruit capsules, leaf shape and pubescence. The "Turkish Veronica" to which you allude is probably a perennial species. Since several different species of Veronica occur in Turkey, could you provide tha actual species name? The annual species will die before summer but the perennials will persist. The latter are sometimes used as ground cover. spampot wrote in message ... My van Bourgondien catalogue recommends, among other things, Turkish Veronica as a rugged creeper for use in rock gardens on sunlit paths. At a cost of $8 per plant. The picture doesn't look that different from the common speedwell that is now blooming in the DC/Baltimore metro area. Can I just move whatever local stuff I find into my flagstone path? That is, of course I know I CAN, but will it serve to keep out other weeds and behve just like the expensive stuff? |
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Can/should I move common speedwell to between flagstones?
Cereoid+10+ wrote:
There are several different creeping annual Veronica species currently flowering in the DC/Baltimore metro area. If you look at them carefully, you will see differences in the flowers, inflorescence, fruit capsules, leaf shape and pubescence. The "Turkish Veronica" to which you allude is probably a perennial species. Since several different species of Veronica occur in Turkey, could you provide tha actual species name? Veronica liwanensis. The annual species will die before summer but the perennials will persist. The latter are sometimes used as ground cover. Ah, I see. Thanks for pointing this out. spampot wrote in message ... My van Bourgondien catalogue recommends, among other things, Turkish Veronica as a rugged creeper for use in rock gardens on sunlit paths. At a cost of $8 per plant. The picture doesn't look that different from the common speedwell that is now blooming in the DC/Baltimore metro area. Can I just move whatever local stuff I find into my flagstone path? That is, of course I know I CAN, but will it serve to keep out other weeds and behve just like the expensive stuff? |
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Can/should I move common speedwell to between flagstones?
Is this your Turkish Veronica?
http://www.mobot.org/gardeninghelp/p...dem/Z750.shtml http://www.ext.colostate.edu/psel/ps9705.html spampot wrote in message ... Cereoid+10+ wrote: There are several different creeping annual Veronica species currently flowering in the DC/Baltimore metro area. If you look at them carefully, you will see differences in the flowers, inflorescence, fruit capsules, leaf shape and pubescence. The "Turkish Veronica" to which you allude is probably a perennial species. Since several different species of Veronica occur in Turkey, could you provide tha actual species name? Veronica liwanensis. The annual species will die before summer but the perennials will persist. The latter are sometimes used as ground cover. Ah, I see. Thanks for pointing this out. spampot wrote in message ... My van Bourgondien catalogue recommends, among other things, Turkish Veronica as a rugged creeper for use in rock gardens on sunlit paths. At a cost of $8 per plant. The picture doesn't look that different from the common speedwell that is now blooming in the DC/Baltimore metro area. Can I just move whatever local stuff I find into my flagstone path? That is, of course I know I CAN, but will it serve to keep out other weeds and behve just like the expensive stuff? |
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Can/should I move common speedwell to between flagstones?
These both look like the photos in my catalogue, thanks. The main
difference between these and what I see growing wild is that the local stuff has single blossoms instead of the clusters shown here, and the flowers aren't as thick or mat-like (i.e. there are more leaves than flowers). Cereoid+10+ wrote: Is this your Turkish Veronica? http://www.mobot.org/gardeninghelp/p...dem/Z750.shtml http://www.ext.colostate.edu/psel/ps9705.html spampot wrote in message ... Cereoid+10+ wrote: There are several different creeping annual Veronica species currently flowering in the DC/Baltimore metro area. If you look at them carefully, you will see differences in the flowers, inflorescence, fruit capsules, leaf shape and pubescence. The "Turkish Veronica" to which you allude is probably a perennial species. Since several different species of Veronica occur in Turkey, could you provide tha actual species name? Veronica liwanensis. The annual species will die before summer but the perennials will persist. The latter are sometimes used as ground cover. Ah, I see. Thanks for pointing this out. spampot wrote in message ... My van Bourgondien catalogue recommends, among other things, Turkish Veronica as a rugged creeper for use in rock gardens on sunlit paths. At a cost of $8 per plant. The picture doesn't look that different from the common speedwell that is now blooming in the DC/Baltimore metro area. Can I just move whatever local stuff I find into my flagstone path? That is, of course I know I CAN, but will it serve to keep out other weeds and behve just like the expensive stuff? |
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