Diggers Speedwell - Veronica perfoliata

• Veronica perfoliata produces distinctive blue-green, heart-shaped foliage with a silvery glaucous quality that makes it a standout foliage feature plant in shaded borders, rockeries, and native garden designs throughout the year.
• Slender stems of small star-like purple flowers emerge above the foliage from spring through summer in a delicate and charming seasonal display that adds colour to semi-shaded positions.
• Highly drought tolerant and frost hardy once established, making it one of the toughest and most adaptable low-growing Australian natives available for a wide range of garden conditions.
• Prostrate and rounded in habit, it performs particularly well under established trees and in semi-shaded positions where its blue-green foliage provides cool, textural contrast to surrounding plants.
• Low-maintenance and generally trouble free, growing to approximately 60cm to 1m H x 60cm to 1m W and suited to borders, rockeries, coastal gardens, containers, and mass plantings.

Plant Diggers Speedwell under established trees and along shaded garden borders where its semi-shade tolerance and distinctive blue-green foliage provide year-round colour and texture in positions that challenge most other plants. In native garden designs, combine it with Lomandra, Dianella, and low-growing Grevillea for a cohesive, low-water planting that provides habitat and seasonal interest across multiple seasons. Mass plant along a shaded border or beneath a canopy for a sweeping display of blue-green foliage punctuated by purple flowers from spring through summer. In containers on shaded patios and courtyards, a single well-grown specimen provides both ornamental foliage interest and a delicate seasonal flowering display with minimal care.

Q: Can Diggers Speedwell grow in full shade? 

Veronica perfoliata prefers semi shade and performs best in dappled light or filtered sun, such as under established trees. Deep full shade may reduce flowering and overall vigour.

Q: Is Diggers Speedwell drought tolerant? 

Yes, Veronica perfoliata is highly drought tolerant once established, making it a reliable low-water plant for shaded borders, rockeries, and native garden designs across a wide range of Australian climates.

Q: When does Diggers Speedwell flower? 

Veronica perfoliata flowers from spring through summer, producing slender stems of small star-like purple blooms above its distinctive blue-green heart-shaped foliage.

Q: Can Diggers Speedwell be grown in a pot? 

Yes, Diggers Speedwell grows well in containers in a semi-shaded position with well-drained potting mix. Water regularly during dry periods and apply a low-phosphorus native fertiliser in spring for best results.