brooklime
Veronica beccabunga
RHS Plants for Pollinators
USDA zones5 to 11
SunNeeds full sun (6+ hours)
WaterNeeds moist soil
Size5 to 8 feet wide
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay, chalk
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
Brooklime (Veronica beccabunga) is a perennial for pollinator gardens and low maintenance planting. It is hardy to USDA zone 5, or down to -20°F (-29°C). This plant likes full sun and moist soil of most types. Bees and butterflies visit its flowers, which open in spring, summer, and autumn. It is evergreen and spreads wide, so give it room.
Pairs well with Royal fern, Cinnamon fern, and Aureola Japanese forest grass.
Native range
Europe, Middle East, Central Asia, Asia, and 17 more places. See all 21
Europe, Middle East, Central Asia, Asia, Africa, Altay, Buryatiya, Canary Is., Corse, East Aegean Is., Føroyar, Kirgizstan, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, NW. Balkan Pen., Sardegna, Sicilia, Tadzhikistan, Türkiye, and Xinjiang.