Hedge Veronica
Hedge Veronica, Bryher, Scillies
Flower spikes
Flowers each with 4 petal lobes and 2 anthers
Young seed capsules with styles
Flattened mature seed capsules
Glossy oval leaves
Hebe elliptica x H. speciosa (H. x franciscana)
Veronica, Shrub speedwell, Hebe
Plantaginaceae
May to October, and all year in mild winters.
The garden plant is grown throughout the country.
The naturalised garden escape is found mainly in the South
and West.
See the BSBI distribution map for Hedge Veronica
It is a neophyte, which was introduced from New Zealand
in the late 1850s and noted in the wild in the 1930s.
It is planted as hedging in gardens and amenity areas.
In the Scilly Islands it was used as a hedge to delineate
bulb fields and to protect the crops from wind and salt.
It is well naturalised on coastal waste ground, rocky
places, paving and walls, and sea-cliffs.
It appears to be increasing its range.
Hedge Veronica is an evergreen shrub growing up to 2m.
The flowers are on purple spikes (occasionally pink
or white).
Flowers have 4 purple petal-lobes and 2 purple, protruding
stamens.
The seed capsule is laterally flattened and the seeds are
fully fertile.
Leaves are oval, glossy and dark green.
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Hedge Veronica, Bryher, Scillies
Flower spikes
Flowers each with 4 petal lobes and 2 anthers
Young seed capsules with styles
Flattened mature seed capsules
Glossy oval leaves
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