Botanical Name Blue Boy Blue flowers

Explore this garden shrub directory, covering colour, use, shape, size of shrubs. This shrub is ideal for those hot South facing (north facing in Southern hemisphere) walls that have long hours of sunshine and relatively high temperatures together with protection

Name ...

Blue Boy

Botanical Name ...

Veronica Speciosa

Colour ...

Blue flowers

Flower Time ...

Summer & Autumn flowering shrub

Ideal Use ...

This shrub is ideal for those hot South facing (north facing in Southern hemisphere) walls that have long hours of sunshine and relatively high temperatures together with protection

Leaves ...

Garden shrubs like this classed as an evergreen shrub. This means the shrub will keep its leaves (normally green) in winter season irrespective of the climate being hot, cold or mild. The most classic example of an evergreen is the fir tree

Frost Reaction ...

The shrub is considered hardy but this is a relative term and the degree of hardiness depends upon severity of climate. Seek specific advice if you live in a severe winter area

Size ...

When fully grown this shrub will reach a height of about 3 feet and spread over an area of about 3 feet

Soil ...

Shrubs of this kind prefer soils with a pH of more than 7 to be seen at their best. Add lime to correct soil conditions for these shrubs (soil is then referred to as alkaline)

Pruning Advice ...

You can safely prune this shrub to achieve the look and shrub shape you want. The shrub will benefit from hard cutting normally

Comments ...

Grow the shrub for beautiful flowers