Photographs: near Ballingeary, Co. Cork

Narrow-leaved Hebe / Koromiko Veronica salicifolia (Hebe salicifolia) Niamhscoth shailí Family: Scrophulariaceae Flowering: June-October. Evergreen shrub. Introduced. Many small white or lilac-white flowers in often drooping racemes. Self-seeds freely. Shiny light-green leaves are opposite, spear-shaped, slightly toothed. Slightly tender evergreen shrub with upright branches. To 2m A garden escape usually found near habitation on waste ground and walls, in quarries and occasionally on coasts. Similar: Hedge Veronica, H. x franciscana

Narrow-leaved Hebe, Veronica salicifolia (Hebe salicifolia), Niamhscoth shailí