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Post by meteorquake on Oct 5, 2015 8:57:03 GMT
Hello! These are growing plentifully in the woods on the tops of the high wall that edges the Water of Leith in Edinburgh. Shrub/small-tree-like, looking like little willows on the walls. Leaves ~glabrous, sessile, entire, opposite Stem ~glabrous, cracks off when bent Flower pale, seem to remember looked a bit four-petalled (poss unequal) but don't go by that it was dark and the bit I took and photo'd got "travelled" Hopefully the picture should cover the rest - over to you... Thanks very much in advance, d Attachments:
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Post by aeshna5 on Oct 5, 2015 18:01:00 GMT
A garden plant- it's one of the larger Hebes- possibly a cultivar like "Midsummer Beauty" which I have in my garden. The flowers have gone over in your photo.
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Post by meteorquake on Oct 5, 2015 18:32:40 GMT
Thank you so very much, I'll revisit them armed with that info!
I'm amazed they're so well established in the wild, in such an interesting place, is that normal? I'll see if our county recorder has them down, and what as.
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Post by aeshna5 on Oct 5, 2015 18:50:48 GMT
Maybe they were planted years ago + persisted? I know some Hebes will self-sow + naturalise such as Hebe x franciscana.
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Post by meteorquake on Oct 5, 2015 19:16:33 GMT
I can be fairly sure they were never planted - on the far face of the walls with large drops down to the inaccessable river below, living off the stone, the sorts of place you get ferns and mosses growing. I'll have to take a picture :)
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Post by meteorquake on Oct 10, 2015 22:36:15 GMT
Here they are. growing along the riverside wall into the distance! These ones are slightly lower, others are higher up - d  2015-10-10-13-37-58 by Wabi Gallery, on Flickr |
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Post by aeshna5 on Oct 11, 2015 5:00:48 GMT
Look self sown for sure. One of the cultivars of Hebe salicifolia; possibly the one I suggested earlier.
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Post by aeshna5 on Oct 12, 2015 4:56:34 GMT
I just noticed yesterday in the BSBI Atlas 2020 recent name changes the Hebes now all seem to have been placed in genus Veronica. Pretty sure they were in this many years ago.
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Post by meteorquake on Oct 14, 2015 23:03:46 GMT
I was very happy to hear this (our recorder also had mentioned it when I submitted it), as I do love the veronicas very much :)
These ones hadn't been noted, so it was very helpful to have the pointers given on this thread!
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