 Hebe speciosa 'Tricolor'
- common names: hebe (pronounced: “hee-bee”)
- flowering season: summer
- height: 2 to 3 feet; or kept to a lower size by pruning
- Light requirements: sun or a half day of sun
- Soil requirements: average
- Water requirments: average
- Growth habit: bushy
- How to propagate: cuttings in early to mid summer
- Leaf type: 1 to 2-inch oval leaves
- Ways to use it: very colorful at all seasons and it adapts easily to growing in a container; is a good landscaping plant in Zones 9 and 10
Hardy to USDA Zones 9 and 10, for us this tender shrub needs protection during the winter. It may survive outside in the ground in most winters, however during our severest winters may die, so we prefer to grow it with other attractive plants in a mixed planter, that can be brought into a garage or porch over winter. Small 3-inch clusters of violet-purple flowers come in summer. Its creamy, green and pink-to-purple lustrous foliage is the main attraction. Can grow two to three feet tall and as wide, but looks very nice also as a smaller plant. Another name for this is 'Purple Tips.' Give it a once a year shaping during the growing season. |
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