Veronicastrum, Culver's Root, Blackroot, Bowman's Root 'Fascination'

The flower color is much deeper than most other cultivars. I would agree that the color is more accurately described as a pinkish lavende...Read Morer than as blue-violet.

This species needs consistent moisture. It is quite drought sensitive and definitely not suitable for xeriscaping.

It performs well in acid soils as well.

A beautiful cultivar of an excellent plant.

I have a 'Fascination' plant which has been growing, in a sunny location, in m...Read Morey own garden (zone 5A) for over five years.

The color of 'Fascination' includes pink or rose as well as violet-lavender.

I've noted fasciation of one flower spike, of my plant, in each of the last three years. Fasciation (not Fascination!) of a flower, is the elongation of its growing point, resulting in an enlarged flattened flower spike. Apparently 'Fascination', alone among the Veronicastrum cultivars, has an inherent tendency to fasciate.

A tough, good looking plant. Grows in areas that most other plants will fail to grow in. This cultivar bloomed in the worst possible so...Read Moreil, with hardly any light. I sincerely hope that it comes back next year.