Simon Deleaux Crimson 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
Simon Deleaux
Veronica Speciosa
Crimson flowers
Summer & Autumn flowering shrub
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
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
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
When fully grown this shrub will reach a height of about 3 feet and spread over an area of about 3 feet
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)
You can safely prune this shrub to achieve the look and shrub shape you want. The shrub will benefit from hard cutting normally
Grow the shrub for beautiful flowers