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Hebe 'Silver Queen' (v) AGM

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Characteristics

Plant type

Shrub

Habit

Bushy

Resilience

Hardiness

old H3 (may need winter protection)

Colour

Flower

Purple in Autumn and Summer

Foliage

Cream, Green, White and Yellow in Autumn, Spring, Summer and Winter

Size

Ultimate height

0.5-1 metres

Ultimate spread

0.5-1 metres

Time to ultimate height

5-10 years


Preferred common name

hebe 'Silver Queen'

Family

Plantaginaceae


Hebe are evergreen shrubs or small trees, with paired, simple leaves and racemes or spikes of small, 4-lobed, tubular to salver-shaped flowers in summer and autumn

'Silver Queen' is a bushy, spreading evergreen shrub to 1m, with broadly elliptic leaves margined with creamy-yellow to white; purple flowers 10mm across are borne in short racemes from midsummer to autumn

Synonym(s)

  • Hebe elliptica 'Variegata'

How to grow

Sunlight

  • Full sun
  • Part shade

Aspect

  • North-facing, East-facing, South-facing or West-facing
  • Sheltered or Exposed

Cultivation

Easy to grow in a moist but well-drained soil in sun or partial shade

Soil

  • Well-drained or Moist but well-drained
  • Alkaline or Neutral
  • Chalk, Clay, Sand or Loam

Propagation

Propagate by semi-hardwood cuttings

Suggested planting locations and garden types

Ground Cover, Low Maintenance, Garden Edging, Coastal or Patio/Container Plants


How to care

Pruning

Pruning group 9

Pests

Can get aphids and tortrix moth

Diseases

A leaf spot and a downy mildew may be a problem