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Colin Mills, compiler of the Hortus Camdenensis, died in late November 2012 after a short illness. As he always considered the Hortus his legacy, it is his family's intention to keep the site running in perpetuity. It will not, however, be updated in the near future.

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

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Figured are lance-shaped leaves and dense spikes of pink flowers. Paxton's Flower Garden pl.54, 1853.

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
Synonyms
  • Veronica x andersonii Lindl. & Paxt.
  • Hebe salicifolia (Forst.f.) Pennell x Hebe speciosa R.Cunn.
Common Name
Name in the Camden Park Record

Veronica Andersonii 
Confidence level high