Botanical Name: Veronica buxifolia 'Patty's Purple'
Common Name: hebe 'Patty's Purple'
Family: Plantaginaceae
Distribution/Origin: New Zealand
Leaf/Bud: evergreen, dense, glossy foliage, elliptic, entire margin, acute apex
Flower/Inflorescence: 4 lobed flowers bloom summer - fall, purple bloom
Fruit/Seed: capsule
Stem/Bark: red/brown branch attachment, woody stems
Size: height 4ft, spread 2ft
Habit: upright, mounding
Form: mounding, bush-like
Culture: full sun - partial shade, moist well-drained soil, alkaline - neural soil
Landscape Use: ornamental, evergreen subshrub, small boarder hedge