Hebe 'Kew Feather'
(Shrubby Veronica 'Kew Feather')

Family - Plantaginaceae
Category - Shrub
Origin - Collected from the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew
Discovered By - Collected by Geoffrey Scoble, founder of the Hebe Society
Season of Interest - Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter
Hardiness - H4
Height - up to 1.5m
Width - up to 1.2m
Location - The Wedding Ring Border

Description: A small to medium-sized Evergreen Shrub with an upright, bushy habit. Slender, pointed leaves are bright mid-green and are linear to lanceolate in shape. Many small, tubular flowers are snow-white and held in dense, feather-like Racemes. The flowers are produced in summer and are very attractive to pollinating insects.

Flower:

Small tubular flowers are snow-white. The flowers are held in dense, upright feather-like racemes and are produced in June and July, possibly longer.

Flower colour: White

Flower shape: Tubular flowers in racemes

Flowering time: June, July

Foliage:

Slender, pointed leaves are bright mid-green and are linear to lanceolate in shape. The leaves are held in opposite pairs on the upright stems.

Foliage Senescence: Evergreen

Foliage Shape: Linear to lanceoalte

Propagation:

Cuttings.

Cultivation:

Best in a sheltered position in full sun to partial shade. Hebe 'Kew Feather' prefers a reasonably fertile, moisture retentive soil that is well drained.