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Veronica topiaria

Veronica topiaria
Photo: Heidi Meudt, CC BY 4.0

Veronica topiaria, the topiarist's hebe, is a compact New Zealand shrub from the South Island, prized for its neat, clipped form and small scaled foliage. It is grown in gardens and containers in mild climates and holds the RHS Award of Garden Merit as Hebe topiaria.

Family
Plantaginaceae (Plantain family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then let the top of the soil dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Free-draining, moderately fertile garden soil or a loam-based mix with added grit.
Temperature
10–25 °C; hardy to about -10 °C in sheltered sites, protect in severe frost.
How easy
Easy
Native range
NW. & NC. New Zealand South I.
Climate
subalpine or subarctic

About

Veronica topiaria, the topiarist's hebe, is a species of flowering plant in the family Plantaginaceae, native to the South Island of New Zealand. As its synonym Hebe topiaria it has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

Other Veronica plants

Veronica sect. Hebe · Veronica Recurva · American speedwell · Water speedwell · Corn speedwell · Broadleaf speedwell · European speedwell · Fiordland Parahebe · Pink Water-speedwell · Ash Coloured Speedwell · Dillenius' speedwell · Silver Speedwell

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Veronica topiaria by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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