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Last updated – February 2025

Homeupdated – February 2025 (new illustration)

About usupdated – February 2025 (committee member changes)

Eventsupdated – February 2025 (Proposed stands at Gardener’s World Spring and Autumn Fairs and Alpine Garden Society Spring Show)

Hebe Society AGM in August 2025 – based on Edinburgh

 Shows – updated – February 2025 (photo of 2024 exhibit added)

Join us – updated 1 May 2010 (increased subscription rates)

   Join by post – updated 1 February 2022 (change of Treasurer)

   Join on-line – updated 15 January 2019 (notes added for Chrome and Edge users)

   Renew online – added 14 August 2010

   Starter Packupdated – February 2025 (details of what you get when you join)

Hebe Newsupdated – February 2025 (details of latest ‘Hebe News’ added)

Article 1 – updated – February 2025 (a new article added)

Article 2 – updated – February 2025 (another new article added)

Archive – updated – February 2025 (Members only – Volume 8, and Volume 39 complete)

Hebe News Indexupdated February 2025 (‘Hebe News’ Index updated)

Privacy policy – added 14 February 2009

About site – updated February 2025 (notes on picture editing updated)

Informationupdated February 2025 (population of United Kingdom updated)

Books – updated 3 April 2020 (three books on New Zealand trees added; bookshops updated)

Questions – FAQ – updated 3 April 2020 (Question where to buy hebes in the USA – nurseries listing revised added)

Q & A – updated 22 December 2007 (Question added on growing hebes in Queensland, Australia. It was moved from Links page)

Gardens – updated – 3 April 2020 (All entries checked and where necessary updated)

The Lovell Quinta Arboretum – updated February 2025 (Hebe beds updated)

Nurseries – updated updated 4 September 2021 (The Hedgerow Plant Centre added)

NZ News – URL updated 14 February 2021 – latest Conservation and Environment stories from
‘The New Zealand Herald’ (updated daily)

Pruning Hebes – updated 3 April 2020 (new page added)

Hebes A to Z – updated – 8 June 2024 (link added to Royal Horticultural Society trial of hebes, here called veronicas)

Hebe cultivation – updated November 2022 (link added to video of hebe cultivation)

Find hebes – added 9 February 2008 (help with finding hebes in the UK, Netherlands, New Zealand and USA)

Introduction to hebes – added 11 October 2008

Hebe registration – added April 2023

NZ plants A to Z – updated 5 September 2009 (Pittosporum tenuifolium ‘Loxhill Gold‘ and Pittosporum tenuifolium ‘Margaret Turnbull’ added, photo of Pittosporum eugenioides updated. A total of 210 New Zealand native plants are described.

Find NZ plants – added 9 February 2008 (help with finding New Zealand plants in the UK, Netherlands, New Zealand and USA)

Introduction to NZ plants – updated 29 December 2007 (link added to a comparison between New Zealand and British Isles floras)

Site mapupdated February 2025 (details of Hebe News Archive added)

Search site – added 19 February 2005 (search available and powered by FreeFind)

Linksupdated February 2025 (links added to: Orange Cat Flooring Atlanta GA, Tree Surgeon Gravesend UK, and January 2025 edition of News Blast!)

Donate – updated 23 December 2019

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