Australian Cultivar Registration Authority

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Description: Veronica 'Monty's Blue', Taken: 24 January 2019, [HERBARIUM SPECIMEN] Copyright : Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR) holds copyright
Photographer: Palmer, R.

Veronica 'Monty's Blue'

File Number

1579

ACRA Field Book Number

1579

Registration Date

09/11/2016

Application Received

21/04/2016

Family

Plantaginaceae

Cultivar Name

Veronica 'Monty's Blue'

Origin

Seedling which came up in the garden of Michael Williams, Montmorency, Victoria.

Characteristics

Woody herb to c. 1m high; stems several or many from a large woody rootstock, mostly erect and some flopping over. Flowers: In terminal racemes, 40–100, deep violet blue, Spring–Summer Foliage: Leaves lanceolate, mostly to 60mm long, apex acute, margins serrate. Comparators: Veronica arenaria has linear and entire or with a few teeth or with spreading irregular linear lobes and bright violet-blue flowers. Veronica derwentiana usually has large lanceolate serrate leaves and flowers white or pale lilac or pale blue Reasons for distinctiveness: A vigorous showy selection with the deep violet blue flower spikes similar to V. arenaria and leaves similar to V. derwentiana.

Cultivation

Highly ornamental shrub. Suitable for most soil types. Best in a sunny site but will tolerate some shade. Frost resistant to -6C. Responds well to pruning.

Publication

RHS Cultivar Registration Bulletin 2 (2022), p42;

Colour Coding

Colour Coding RHS Colour Chart 1995 : Flowers: Violet-Blue Group 89C; Leaves (upper surface): Yellow Green Group 147A

Propagation

Cuttings from semi-firm new growth

Applicant Name

Neil Marriott

Uses

As part of the shrubbery, screen planting or as a showy feature plant

Availability

Specialist native plant nurseries

ANBG Accession Numbers

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NSL ID

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