Hebe cupressoides

Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Veronica cupressoides, Hook. f. Quite distinct from any other of the whipcord species: a shrub of globose form, 4-6 ft. high: branches numerous, very slender, 1/30 in. diam., green, clothed with decussate cypress-like scale-like lvs. in distant pairs, much shorter than the inter-nodes and about 1/20 in. long: fls. in small terminal heads, small, lilac: caps. obovoid. Summer. Mountains, 2,000-3,500 ft., New Zeal. B.M. 7348. G.C.III.3:20, 21;9:38. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.