Hebe

The older I get the busier life seems to become so I’m in the process of gradually turning my once cottage-style garden which was pretty labour intensive into one supporting mainly shrubs and bulbs. I’ve discovered that some of the best flowering shrubs around and which offer plenty of variation of both flower and leaf has to be the Hebe family and I have several varieties growing in my garden. Hebe is the name of a genus of plant native to the southern hemisphere and mainly found in New Zealand, although there are several also native to South America and the Polynesian islands. The genus is ... more

I have a Hebe species blue clouds growing inn my garden it is many years old, in fact it was in the garden 20 years ago when we moved here. To be hones the Hebe does not appeal to me greatly its ok but that’s all. >This Hebe Blue clouds is a low growing plant only growing up to 100cm tall and as about as wide. Mine is growing on poor chalk soil and does not reach that height. It is quite happy to grow in most soils and will tolerate a sandy coastal soil. It likes well drained soils. This Hebe will grow in pots on a terrace I have seen them outside some peoples houses >This Hebe is an evergreen ... more