Hebe 'Autumn Glory'

hebe

size: 1.5 litre pot

available to order from spring 2012

£9.99

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• Position: full sun or partial shade
• Soil: poor or moderately fertile, moist, well-drained neutral to slightly alkaline soil
• Rate of growth: average
• Flowering period: July-October
• Hardiness: frost hardy (needs winter protection in cold areas)
  
  Deep purple flowers appear on short spikes from midsummer to late autumn, among masses of dark green, lance shaped leaves with red margins. Long-flowering, tough and easy to grow, this spreading, rounded, evergreen shrub will flourish in a wide range of conditions, and once established, is drought-tolerant, too. Plant it en masse along a fence or path, or to add structure to a mixed, sunny border, and underplant it with contrasting, drought-tolerant foliage plants such as Bergenia. The flowers are a magnet for bees and butterflies.
  
  
• Garden care: Needs minimal pruning. Remove misplaced or frost damaged branches in late spring.
  
  

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