This small shrub has dark purplish branched stems that form an upright to decumbent bushy habit. It has a leathery bluish green oblong leaves and the small bluish purple tube-shape flowers appear in a dense cluster throughout summer.

Hardiness zones 7 to 10 

Hebe pimeleoides is naturally found on the south island of New Zealand, east of the divide and growing in a dry mountain areas in grasslands or along streams from an altitude of 600 to 1670 m.

It prefers an open sunny to exposed position and grows in moderately fertile moist, stony soils but will tolerate most soil and positionsis and is frost and drought tolerant.

This Hebe is grown for its spreading habit and its flowers. It is planted in small or alpine gardens as a ground cover or used in rockeries as a spillover. It is suitable for low-mountain or coastal regions establishing in 3 to 4 years and is moderately long lived.  The shrub is also grown in patio pots, planter boxes or on roof gardens and requires little care once established. ID 3216

Hebe (HEE-bee) pimeleoides (PY-mee-lee-OY-deez)

Scrophulariaceae (skrof-yoo-larr-ee-AY-see-ee)
Figwort and Foxglove Family