Hebe Diosmifolia Pot
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Hebe Diosmifolia Pot
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Weight: 3.00 kg
Hebe diosmifolia may be an ‘old-fashioned plant’, but is still rather popular among gardeners who like white-flowering plants. H. diosmifolia has small, lustrous, dark green leaves and produces petite flower heads full of white flowers. It is a hardy little shrub that scarcely grows larger than 25 x 30 cm.
The genus Hebe, named after the Greek goddess of youth, comprises in excess of 90 species and is the largest plant genus in New Zealand. With the exception of one plant (H. rapensis) all the species occur naturally in New Zealand, but some not exclusively, with two also found as far afield as South America. With their ‘forefathers’ coming from the same country that produces such ferocious rugby warriors, one might expect the new Hebe hybrids to have somewhat masculine names. Instead they are labelled with such whimsical names as ‘Marilyn Monroe’ and ‘Wiri Icing Sugar’, perhaps inspired by their delicate growth habits, or beauty, and with a nod to the feminine origins of their genus name.
The hebes of the past were not the easiest plants to cultivate. They could produce beautiful flowers and foliage one season, only to be riddled with rust, twiggy and flowerless the next, due to no fault of the gardeners who grew them, but rather the erratic behaviour of the older varieties. The new hybrids, however, are much tougher. They are disease resistant, have compact growth habits and carry many beautiful blooms. All that they ask for in return is a gentle hand when pruning and good garden management.
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