(1) The 7-inch, dark blue spikes of this veronica bob atop a plant that grows low enough that you can actually place it at the front of the border.

(2) The veronica represents Christ's face and, by synecdoche, his entire body.

(3) On the inside of the curve, I wove in irregular lines of flowers like Verbena ‘Purple Homestead,’ aster and veronica .

(4) Meanwhile, established perennials like phlox, veronica , and yarrow are beginning to bloom.