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Key characteristics

Family: Scrophulariaceae
Height: 1 to 2 feet
Width: 1 to 2 feet
Flower color: White and purple
Foliage color: Gray-green with crimson-red edges
Bloom time: Summer
Light: Full sun to partial shade
Water: Moderate; keep soil consistently moist
Maintenance: Low; prune lightly after flowering
Growing zone: USDA zones 8 to 10
Wildlife: Bees and butterflies are attracted to the white flowers

Shrubs

Veronica albicans ‘Red Edge’

Red Edge Hebe

Veronica albicans 'Red Edge' produces short spikes of pale mauve flowers in summer, gradually fading to nearly white and attracting bees and other pollinators. Small, thick blue-gray to gray-green leaves are neatly edged in red to purple-red, with the colorful margins becoming especially pronounced during colder weather. Fresh growth may emerge with purple tones, while the dense evergreen foliage forms a compact, rounded mound that provides fine texture and year-round color.

Light

Full sun to partial shade

Water

Moderate; keep soil consistently moist

Bloom time

Summer

Find this plant

Companion plants

Thyme · English lavender · Dianthus · Blue oat grass · Euphorbias · Globe thistle

Design tip

Bring ‘Red Edge’ forward in the planting where its subtle foliage details can be appreciated. Gray-green leaves edged in crimson become more colorful in cool weather, giving this compact evergreen a shifting character that keeps smaller garden spaces interesting year-round.

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