Shrubby Veronica

Hebe pinguifolia Pagei

• 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: May and June
• Hardiness: fully hardy
  
  Masses of pure-white flowers on purple stems in late spring and early summer and fleshy, blue-green leaves. This neat, semi-prostrate evergreen shrub is an attractive groundcover plant for the front of a border in sun or part-shade and also looks good among silver-leaved plants. It is salt and pollution tolerant and therefore suitable for city or coastal gardens.

  
  
  

• Garden care:Needs minimal pruning. Remove misplaced or frost damaged branches in late spring.