Hebe ‘Blue Mist’

Scientific name: Hebe ‘Blue Mist’

Common name:  blue mist hebe

Family name: Plantaginaceae

Useful cultivars and selections:

USDA hardiness zone: 7

Mature height and spread: 0.7-1.3m wide and tall

Form: oval, upright

Water use: moderate

Soil requirements: well-drained

Leaf arrangement: simple. Alternate.

Fall colour: none.

Flower/cone/fruit description: raceme, showy blue. Capsule brown.

Limitations: needs irrigation.

Suitable uses: shrub border. Rock garden. Nice flowers. Hardiest of Hebes

Quick ID: evergreen. Shrub. Simple. Alternate. Prickly. Powdery. Leaf pairs at 90degrees to pari below. Lanceolate. Bigger leaf than rupicola.

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