Hebe x andersoni (Lindl. & Paxt.) Ckn.
A hybrid, Hebe salicifolia (Forst.f.) Pennell x Hebe speciosa R.Cunn. A vigorous half hardy shrub with leaves to 10cm long, and long racemes of soft-pink to lavendar-blue flowers, fading to white, in summer and autumn. To 1.8m. [RHSE, Hilliers’].
Horticultural & Botanical History
‘This beautiful Veronica is well worthy of all that has been said of it. By the first week of August it had become a handsome specimen, three feet in height, with branches regularly developed from the pot upwards. I know of no autumn-flowering plant that possesses so many recommendations as this, and it is of such easy culture that any one may grow it.’ [Gard. Chron. 1852]. Bred by Anderson of Murrayfield, Edinburgh, c.1845. [PFG pl.54/1853]. FS f.658/1851.
History at Camden Park
Listed only in the 1857 catalogue [T.982/1857].
Notes
Published Feb 18, 2010 - 03:06 PM | Last updated Feb 18, 2010 - 03:17 PM
Hebe x andersoni (Lindl. & Paxt.) Ckn. | PFG pl.54/1853 | RBGS
| Family | Scrophulariaceae |
|---|---|
| Category | |
| Region of origin | Hybrid of Scottish origin, parent species from New Zealand |
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| Common Name | |
| Name in the Camden Park Record |
Veronica Andersonii |
| Confidence level | high |