This upright spreading shrub has lax branching that forms a compact rounded habit. It has mid green leathery lance-shaped leaves and the small pale lavender to white tube-shape flowers appear in a cluster during summer.

Hardiness zones 9 to 11 

Hebe ligustrifolia is naturally found in New Zealand from Cape Reinga to the Bay of islands growing in open scrub and along shaded forest margins. 

It prefers a well drained moderately fertile, sandy stony soils in a protected semi shaded position and is drought and light frost tolerant. 

This Hebe is grown for its flowers and rounded habit. It is planted along borders in parks and gardens or used as an understory around trees. It is suitable for coastal regions establishing in 2-4 years and is moderately long lived. This shrub is also grown in patio planter boxes or used in commercial landscapes. ID 3234

Hebe (HEE-bee) ligustrifolia (lee-GUS-tree-FOH-lee-ah)

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