Snow Candles (Veronica 'Snow Candles') - white flowers, illustrated plant cardIllustration

Snow Candles

Veronica 'Snow Candles'

Snow Candles blooms from June through August.

Bloom calendar
Bloom time
Jun–Aug
not yet checked
Hardiness
Zones 3–8
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Sun
Full sun
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Water
Moderate water
not yet checked
Mature size
16 in × 12 in
not yet checked
Type
Perennial
house classification

Months here are Northern Hemisphere months; in the Southern Hemisphere, shift them by six months.

Growing Snow Candles

Plant it in full sun. It prefers moderate water. It is hardy in USDA zones 3–8. Expect it to reach about 16 in tall and 12 in wide at maturity, in roughly 2 years (not yet checked).

No toxicity note is on file for Snow Candles. That is not a clearance: check its safety for people and pets before planting.

Verification
What this means

Written with AI assistance and not yet checked plant by plant against recorded sources, so treat every fact above as a starting point. Its scientific name was checked against botanical registries, an audit keeps its values consistent with the rest of the library, and a July 2026 review re-read the main facts of every plant then in the library against horticultural authorities without recording a source for each, which is why none of that counts as checked here. The source-by-source check is working through the whole library in the open, and a checked plant says so in this row.

When to plant Snow Candles

Plant Snow Candles in early spring as soon as the soil is workable, or in early fall at least six weeks before your first frost, so roots establish in cool weather. In zone 5, the middle of its hardy zones 3 to 8, spring means April to June and fall means August or September. Once settled, it blooms from June to August.

Month-by-month timing for your zone is on the planting calendar; if you garden near zone 5, the middle of this plant's hardy range, start with zone 5 in April. Derived from the plant's category, zones and bloom months plus typical zone frost dates, not checked separately.

How big does Snow Candles get?

Illustration of Snow Candles drawn to scale beside an adult16 intall5 ft 7 inan adult12 inwide
About 16 in tall and 12 in wide at maturity: knee-high beside an adult.

See Snow Candles in a garden plan: the planner shows it in 3D beside everything else you add, growing toward this size over the years.

How far apart to plant Snow Candles

Derived from the mature spread above by a fixed rule, not checked separately: spacing is the spread, center to center.

Space Snow Candles about 12 in apart, center to center, so each plant has room to reach its full width.

Plant them
12 in apart
Per 10 sq ft
about 10
4 by 8 ft bed
about 32

Add Snow Candles to a garden plan and the planner draws it at its full width, so you see the spacing before you buy.

The Veronica group

One of 11 in the Veronica group. Same genus, similar care.

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