Hebes D – Hebe ‘Dark Angel’ to Hebe ‘Divergens’
Hebe ‘Dark Angel’ is an upright, somewhat open, bushy evergreen shrub, which reaches 24 in (60 cm) high and across in 4 years. The leaves are narrow, spear-shaped, mid-green – new growth has reddish edges and mid-rib. The leaves take on a deep-reddish hue in winter. The flowers are lilac-mauve, spring to early summer. In the UK this hebe is hardy to –5°C. |
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Hebe ‘Dazzler’ is a compact, dwarf, slow-growing
evergreen shrub, with stunning foliage colour, and a semi-prostrate
habit. The leaves are narrow cream and green, and are suffused pinkish
purple, particularly in cold weather. |
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Hebe decumbens is a low-growing, open, green leaved, evergreen
shrub, growing to about 8 in (20 cm) high. The leaves are
red-edged; the branches are almost black. The flowers are white, in
dense bunches; flowering in early summer. A hardy hebe in the UK |
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Hebe ‘Diamond’ (syn Hebe ‘Diamant’) is a bushy, evergreen shrub, growing
to a height of 4.5 ft (140 cm). The green leaves are broadly
spear-shaped, about 3 in (7.5 cm) long. The flowers are purple,
summer. |
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Hebe dieffenbachii forms a stout, wide spreading, evergreen bush
about 60 in (150 cm) high. The leaves are pale green and lance
shaped. The flowers are white, summer. |
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Hebe diosmifolia is a bushy, evergreen shrub, with narrow, lance-shaped,
dark green leaves. The flowers are pale lilac, and form in clusters
near the branch tips, flowering in later spring. A tender hebe in the UK. |
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Hebe diosmifolia 'Wairua Beauty' is a compact multi-branched shrub which forms a tidy mound of green leaves which are small and narrow; height 1 m and spread 1 m. In June and July a mass of heliotrope-mauve flowers are produced in corymbs at the ends of shoots, these are larger than the species. |
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Hebe divaricata is a variable, upright, evergreen,
bushy shrub, some forms reach 10 ft (3 m) in the wild. The
green, spear-shaped, narrow leaves are 0.4–0.8 in (1–2 cm)
long. The white flowers are in branched spikes (panicles); summer. |
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Hebe ‘Divergens’ forms a low, rounded
mound of grey leaved, evergreen foliage. The leaves are grey, and oval shaped.
The white flowers, in short spikes, are seen in summer. A hardy hebe in the UK |
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