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Purple Flowering Perennial Bush. Long Purple Flowers

9 years ago

Hi, I'm about to lay some landscape fabric and re-mulch my parents front garden but before I do I wanted to know if this plant is in its correct location. My mother doesn't remember the name of it but it was recently planted. It has long flower stalks? at the top that are purple and seem to attract bees. It's planted on the NE side of the house and it gets morning sun and afternoon shade. Here are some pictures. Thanks

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Cal_00
Original Author
9 years ago
Up close.
lazy_gardens
9 years ago
Liatris? Some variety of it.
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Pieonear
9 years ago
It reminds me of Obedient Plant (Physostegia virginiana). Not sure though.
roxanna
9 years ago
one of the veronicas. i think.
Cal_00
Original Author
9 years ago
Thanks for the replies lazy, mammie, and rox. I think it might be a Veronica of some sort after googling the other plants. I'm still not 100% sure on that though. Here is a up close leaf shot if it helps to confirm it is in fact a sort of Veronica plant.
Cal_00
Original Author
9 years ago
Underneath.
pitimpinai
9 years ago
Not Liatris or Physostagia.
It's a Veronica.
TulsaRose
9 years ago
Maybe Veronica spicata, 'Sunny Border Blue' ?

Here is a link that might be useful: Veronica spicata
Cal_00
Original Author
9 years ago
Thank you Pit and Tulsa. It's definitely a Veronica. Sunny Border Blue is exactly it. Thanks again.

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