Hebe ‘Candy’

Hebe ‘Candy’ photographed by Gordon Smith at his garden, Surrey, UK

Hebe ‘Candy’ is a bushy evergreen shrub that grows to about 40 in (1 m) or more high. The green leaves are broad spear-shaped, 1.2–2.4 in (3–6 cm) long and 0.4–0.7 in (10–18 mm) wide, the new growth is paler green. The flowers are pale pink-purple fading with age, summer. This hebe is fairly hardy in the UK.

Hebe ‘Candy’ is a seedling from Hebe albicans ‘Snow Mound’, raised at the County Park Nursery by Graham Hutchins in 1978.

Hardiness = H5     UK Availability = 1

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