A Thoughtful Choice｜Hebe speciosa - Showy Hebe｜ Other Products

We were never exactly swooning over hebes—until Hebe speciosa arrived carrying flower clusters big enough to fill your palm. Chubby magenta-violet spikes, often 3–4 inches long, appear through summer and into fall above glossy, rounded green leaves. The color is thrillingly bold, nectar-rich, and sufficiently showy to make the common name feel almost restrained.This evergreen New Zealand shrub develops a rounded, spreading form, typically about 3–5 feet tall and around 4 feet wide in garden conditions. Its handsome foliage supplies year-round structure without the clipped, boxy look of many small shrubs. Use it in mixed borders, coastal gardens, pollinator plantings, informal hedges, or a substantial container where both flowers and foliage can earn their keep.Plant Showy Hebe in full sun to part shade with compost-enriched, well-drained soil and regular water. Good drainage matters particularly during cold, wet weather, and a little protection from hard freezes is welcome. Light pruning after the main flower flush keeps the shrub dense, but avoid cutting far into old bare wood. Easy, unusual, and wonderfully floriferous, it proves that sometimes an allegedly ordinary plant simply needed bigger flowers and better manners. Explore our Hebe collection.
Brand:Annie's AnnualsCategory:Annie's AnnualsSKU:AA187Tags:4-inch, AnniesAnnuals, Bloom Season:Fall, Bloom Season:Summer, Bloom Season:Winter, Exclude from Google Ads, Features:Attracts Bees / Bee Plants, Features:Deer Resistant, Features:Evergreen, Features:Good for Pollinators & Wildlife, Flower Color:Blue-Purple, Flower Color:Pink-Magenta, Flower Color:Pink-Purple, Hebe, Hebe speciosa, Life Cycle:Perennial, NO-DROPSHIP, Plant Usage:Evergreen, Plant Usage:Great for Containers, Shrub, Shrub & Tree, Sun Requirements:Part Sun, Sun Requirements:Sun, syncio-hidden, USDA Zone:10, USDA Zone:8, USDA Zone:9, Veronica, Water Requirements:Regular Water