Culver's Root (Veronicastrum virginicum) 'Lavender Towers' produces long pale lavender spikes of flowers in late spring to midsummer. A native of eastern North America, Culver's Root has special value to native and honey bees, and attracts a variety of bee species, including leafcutter, rustypatched bumble, sweat, yellowfaced, longhorned, green sweat, mason, green metallic, and masked bee species. Culver's Root also attracts beneficial insects to the garden, including syrphid flies, bee flies, thickheaded flies, and pollinating wasp species. A variety of butterflies are attracted to Culver's Root, including Red Admiral, Azure, and Eastern Tailed Blue Butterflies.

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