Veronica 'Silver Dollar'
hebe Silver Dollar
- 9cm pot
- £7.99
- available to order from late spring
- 2 litre pot
- £15.99 £19.99
- In stock (shipped within 3-5 working days)
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- Standard £5.95
- 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: June and July
- Hardiness: frost hardy (may need winter protection)
A compact, low-growing, spreading evergreen shrub, 'Silver Dollar' has stunning variegated foliage. Grey-green, cream-edged leaves turn vividly burgundy in autumn, in winter the cream margins turn magenta pink. Short, lilac-blue flowers, fading to white appear in early to mid-summer. This hebe makes an attractive low, informal hedge and is a useful plant for urban or coastal gardens, it needs protection from cold, drying winds. - Garden care: When planting ‘Silver Dollar’ incorporate some well-rotted compost and mycorrhizal fungi into the planting hole. Requires minimal pruning, remove misplaced or frost-damaged branches in late spring.