<i>Veronica </i>plant named ‘TNVEOVB’

Abstract

A new and distinct form of Veronica plant characterized by dark, saturated purple-blue flowers, a compact, slow spreading, low mounding habit, excellent dense branching with flower spikes at the end of every branch, medium green leaves, good garden performance, and excellent vigor.

Claims

1. A new and distinct form of Veronica plant substantially as shown and described.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

(1) FIG. 1 shows a one-year-old Veronica TNVEOVB growing in the trial field in early June in Canby, Oreg.

(2) FIG. 2 shows multiple one-year-old Veronica TNVEOVB growing in the trial field in June in Canby, Oreg.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

(3) The following is a detailed description of the new Veronica cultivar based on observations of two-year-old specimens growing in the trial beds in full sun in June in Canby, Oreg. Canby is in Zone 8 on the USDA Hardiness map. Temperatures range from a high of 95 degrees F. in August to an average of 32 degrees F. in January. Normal rainfall in Canby is 42.8 inches per year. The color descriptions are all based on The Royal Horticultural Society Colour Chart, 5.sup.th edition, 2007, except where general color terms of ordinary dictionary significance are used. Plant: Form.Mounding. Type.Evergreen, mounding subshrub. Cold hardiness.USDA Zones 4-8. Size.Grows to 35 cm wide and 28 cm tall from soil to top of the flowers. Vigor.Excellent. Branching.Extremely well branched with about 100 stems from the crown, older stems branching freely. Stem.Grows up to 16 cm long, pubescent, internodes range from 0.5 to 2 cm long, young stems Yellow Green 147C; older woody stems grow to 6 mm wide, Brown 200A. Stem strength.Very strong. Roots.Fibrous, freely branching, plants root easily from stem tip cuttings. Leaf: Type.Simple. Arrangement.Opposite. Blade size.Grow to 3 cm long and 1 cm wide. Leaf number.1500. Petiole description.Sessile. Shape.Lanceolate. Venation.Pinnate. Margins.Serrate. Apex.Acute. Base.Attenuate. Surface texture.Pubescent of both sides. Leaf rugosity.Absent. Leaf color.Top side Green N137A with main vein 147B, bottom side Green 137B with main vein 147B. Inflorescence: Type.Terminal raceme. Number of flowers.About 140 per raceme. Size of inflorescence.Spreads 2.5 cm wide and 12 cm long. Peduncle.15 to 20 mm long and 2 mm wide, pubescent, Yellow Green 147B. Pedicel.1 mm long and 1 mm wide, pubescent, Yellow Green 147B. Bloom period.Middle of May to end of June with some rebloom in August in Canby, Oreg. Flower bud: Size.6 mm long and 2 mm wide at the widest point prior to opening. Description.Convolute, narrowly oblong, apex obtuse. Surface texture.Glabrous. Color.Between Violet Blue N89C and Violet Blue N89D. Flower: Type.Regular. Shape.Rotate. Corolla description.5 mm wide and 7 mm deep; both sides glabrous, tube 3 mm long and 1.5 to 2.5 mm wide, between Violet Blue N89C and Violet Blue N89D, 4 lobes, between Violet Blue N89C and Violet Blue N89D, upper lobe broadly obovate, 3 mm long and 4 mm wide, tip obtuse, margin erose, side and bottom lobes 5 mm long and 3 mm wide, obovate, tip obtuse, margin entire. Calyx description.Campanulate, 2 mm wide and 3 mm deep, 4-lobed, lobes ovate, tips acute, margins entire, Green 137A and pubescent on both sides. Pistil description.1, 8 mm long, ovary round, 1 mm long and 1 mm wide, Yellow Green 144A, style 7 mm long, Violet Purple N89A, stigma Violet Purple N89A. Stamen description.2, filaments 8 mm long and Violet Purple N89A, anthers 1.5 mm long and Violet Purple N89A, pollen White NN155C. Pollen amount.Low. Flower density.High. Fragrance.None. Lastingness.A raceme blooms for about 2 weeks on the plant. Seed: None. Pests and diseases: Disease and pest resistance is beyond what is typical for Veronica species.