Find Me Plants - the search for the right garden plants starts here
Send this page to a Friend Link to this page ©www.FindMePlants.co.uk

Hebe - 'Nicholas Blush' (Hebe)

Type Shrub (Multi-stemmed Plant), Evergreen, Flowering
Form Rounded Multi-Stemmed Bush
Size Medium Border Plant (50-180cm height)
Colours Dark pink Flowers (Summer early), Dark green Foliage
Care Low/Easy Maintenance
Hardiness Frost hardy, Seaside Friendly
Growth Medium Growing Plant
Earmark this plant  

Hebe - Cultivation Notes

Hebe prefers being planted in full sun, but will tolerate light shade and all but the toughest of garden soils - avoiding planting in very dry or wet soils. Avoid planting in very exposed cold locations as Hebe's can be tender. Trim in spring, removing leggy growth. Suited for planting in masses as low maintenance ground cover.


Strengths, Weaknesses & Design Usage

Strengths of Hebe:
  • Evergreen foliage for all year round colour and screening
  • Suitable for container growing
  • Suitable for exposed coastal planting
  • Tolerates heavy clay soils
Weaknesses of Hebe
  • Does not tolerate very dry or very wet soils
Design & Plant Use for Hebe:
  • Ideal flowering shrub for problem clay soils

Common Missspellings: Heebe, Hebee, Hebbe, Hybe, Hibe, Heebee, Haybe, Herbe


Hebe - 'Nicholas Blush' (Hebe)
Find out where you can buy Hebe - 'Nicholas Blush' (Hebe) online.
  
View all the plants listed in Genus Hebe

View other shrubs with dark pink flowers, or shrubs with dark green foliage
If you like this plant you may also be interested in these: plants for pots and containers ~ coastal plants ~ plants for heavy clay soils