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Plant Identification => Plant Identification Questions and Answers => Topic started by: newstart on February 20, 2011, 05:22:29 PM

Title: Which Hebe is this ??
Post by: newstart on February 20, 2011, 05:22:29 PM

Hi everyone ! I have this Hebe in my garden and it looks very familar. I looked on Hebe society data base but cannot work out which one it is.

Here is the photo-


Thanks!

Title: Re: Which Hebe is this ??
Post by: majallison on February 20, 2011, 06:45:22 PM

What colour were the flowers?  It looks a little like 'Autumn Glory'; problem with Hebes is they hybridize & seed very freely & also Dutch & Danish nurseries produce vast quantities & frequently send them into garden centres with a label that might say: Hebe Blue,
rather than any formally registered name.

Title: Re: Which Hebe is this ??
Post by: newstart on February 21, 2011, 08:36:59 PM

Okay thanks. Thats good enough for me as I thought it might be autumn glory.

Much appreciated.

Title: Re: Which Hebe is this ??
Post by: johnw on February 23, 2011, 12:17:57 PM

Funny, when I first went to England I went to Kew with a botanist working there.  I asked "What's that plant?" reply "it's a Hebe". We'd walk another 10 ft "what's that?", reply "it's a Hebe". We'd walk another 10 ft "what's that?", reply "it's a Hebe". Soon I realized if I didn't know a plant it was surely a Hebe.   Since then the question has been "Which Hebe is that?". No firms answers but lots of conjecture.

Glad you got a answer to this one!

johnw

Title: Re: Which Hebe is this ??
Post by: newstart on February 24, 2011, 09:44:57 AM

yes I see what you mean. I looked on the net and had in the back of my mind in was an autumn glory one. The hebe society photo's sort of backe this up to. it often quite hard to know for sure though. The flowers are bluish purple with tinges of white if that helps.

thanks