Veronicastrum virginicum Seed & Plant
(ver-on-ih-KAS-trum  ver-JIN-ih-kum)
Culver's Root Seed & Plant
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Veronicastrum virginicum Culver's Root additional picture  Photo by cj   

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Veronicastrum virginicum Culver's Root (large) potted plants are available $5 each plus UPS shipping

Veronicastrum virginicum or Culver's Root is an elegant plant with stems extending 3 to 6 feet high topped with clusters of creamy white flowers in erect, candelabra style spikes extending above dark green whorled leaves arranged in groups of 3 to 8.  This plant will provide a dramatic show when massed for effect or planted in a meadow garden with Echinacea (Purple Coneflower), Rudbeckia (Sweet Black-eyed Susan), Solidago (Rigid Goldenrod), and Monarda (Wild Bergamot).  Culver's Root plants prefer rich moist soil in full sun to light shade, but will tolerate a dry site once established.  Culver's Root seeds should be planted outside in fall/winter either in seed flats covered with window screen or can be planted directly in the flower bed.  Culver's Root seeds are very small and should be planted on top of the soil.

Culver's Root contains a number of chemicals that have been used in folk medicine.  It was named for Dr. Coulvert, an American physician of the late 17th and early 18th century.

Veronicastrum virginicum Culver's Root seeds are very tiny and should be scattered on the soil surface, germination is improved after a pretreatment of 3 to 4 weeks of cold moist stratification or when planted outside in fall or early winter.

Native Veronicastrum virginicum wildflower is an elegant plant occurring naturally in glades, rocky open woods, and prairies from Georgia to Texas, north to New York, West Virginia, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and introduced in Massachusetts.  Scrophulariaceae (Snapdragon Family)

The map below shows areas where native Veronicastrum virginicum Culver's Root wildflower plants grow wild, it is hardy over a much wider area if planted.  Plant in USDA plant hardiness zones 3 to 9.

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Veronicastrum virginicum Culver's Root Plant distribution map complements of USDA, NRCS. 2001. The PLANTS Database, Version 3.1
  (http://plants.usda.gov). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.