Australian Cultivar Registration Authority

Description: Veronica perfoliata 'Bill Cane', Taken: 24 January 2019, [HERBARIUM SPECIMEN] Copyright : Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR) holds copyright
Photographer: Palmer, R.

Description: Close up
Photographer: Bill Handke

Veronica perfoliata 'Bill Cane'

File Number

1737

ACRA Field Book Number

1611

Registration Date

10/11/2017

Application Received

26/07/2017

Family

Plantaginaceae

Cultivar Name

Veronica perfoliata 'Bill Cane'

Origin

Wild source

Characteristics

A vigorous, somewhat upright shrub, 0.6–1 m; leaves: elliptical, pale green with prominent light coloured veins, perfoliate; flowers: white, in racemes which open progressively, 8–10 mm, mostly in late Spring to Summer.

Cultivation

Highly ornamental small shrub. Suited to a range of acidic and alkaline sandy to clay loam soils that drain moderately well. Best in a sunny site but will tolerate some shade. Frost hardy to Canberra winters. Responds well to pruning.

Publication

RHS Cultivar Registration Bulletin 2 (2022), p42;

Colour Coding

RHS Colour Chart 1995 Flowers white Leaves Green Group, grading from 138a to 137a as they mature

Propagation

Cuttings

Applicant Name

Joe Stephens

Uses

Groundcover suitable for mass planting or mixed in a shrubbery

Availability

Kuranga Nursery

ANBG Accession Numbers

CANB 903094

NSL ID

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