Hebe ‘Red Hugh’

Hebe ‘Red Hugh’ photographed at The Quinta Arboretum, Swettenham, Cheshire, UK

Hebe ‘Red Hugh’ is an erect, bushy, evergreen shrub, about 54 in (140 cm) high. The glossy, green, spear-shaped leaves are up to 2.5 in (6.5 cm) long, and 1 in (2.5 cm) wide, with red-brown new growth. Red flowers in summer and autumn. A hebe tender in the UK.

It is most likely a cultivar of Hebe speciosa, and is similar in appearance to Hebe ‘Gauntlettii’.

Hardiness = H4     UK Availability = 2

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