Thread: New Zealand Greenery - Hebe Plants
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Default New Zealand Greenery - Hebe Plants
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Bring some Antipodean extravagance to your garden with Hebe plants. We
found out more in an interview with Tony Hayter, Secretary of the Hebe
Society.


1. Can you tell us, what exactly is a Hebe?

A Hebe is a close related of Veronica (speedwell). It is an evergreen
shrub that comes from New Zealand. There are 100 species and many
cultivars

By more recent botanical opinion a Hebe is a Veronica of subgenus Hebe,
i.e. Hebe is nested in Veronica.

http://www.albach.gmxhome.de/Classif...n.htm#Veronica
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