Shrubby Veronica
Lilac-blue summer flowers, fading to white, and
Lilac-blue summer flowers, fading to white, and grey-green leaves with narrow red margins and veining when young. This small, spreading, evergreen shrub makes an attractive low, informal hedge. A useful plant for a shrub or mixed border in an urban or coastal site, it needs protection from cold, drying winds.Position: full sun or partial shade Soil: poor or moderately fertile, moist, well-drained neutral to slightly alkaline soil Rate of growth: average Flowering period: June and JulyFlower colour: lilac-blue fading to whiteOther features: grey-green leaves with red margins when youngHardiness: frost hardy Garden care: Needs minimal pruning. Remove misplaced or frost damaged branches in late spring. Goes well with: Choisya ternata, Magnolia stellata, Chionodoxa luciliae 'Gigantea Group', Clematis viticella 'Purpurea Plena Elegans', Lamium |
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