Propagation
Sow fresh seeds during autumn and place in a protected environment to germinate. Seedling variation occurs regularly and seeds are prone to fungal attack.

Semi-hardwood cuttings of non-flowering shoots taken from late summer to early autumn and placed in a protected environment with bottom heat.


Botanic information
Leaf: The variable sub-sessile leathery texture leaves are narrow-lanceolate to obovate-oblong with an acute apex and are up to 4 mm wide with both sides glaucous. They are ascending to spreading and densely arranged along the stems

Flower: The tiny tubulate flowers have spreading corolla lobes are up to 4 mm (? in)long and a short pedestal and are accompanied with bracts up to 4 mm (? in)long. They are arranged in a dense terminal raceme that is up to 25 mm (1 in) long and appears profusely over the shrub during summer.

Fruit: The erect ovate to elliptical-ovate 2-locular capsule is glabrous and contains numerous seeds that are viable but the plant is commonly reproduced vegetatively.


General information
Hebe requires an annual light prune to maintain a compact habit. If the plant becomes leggy a hard prune may result in dieback of the plant.

Hebe grows and produces more flowers in full sun, but will tolerate some shade. They are generally pH adaptable preferring and organic rich moist soil but care must be taken not to allow the roots to dry out. They also tolerate cold conditions and a widely cultivated in the UK and parts of the USA.