Hebe Diosmifolia Pot

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 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.