On 1/6/08 19:15, in article ,
"Charlie Pridham" wrote:

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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

Amazing how things come around! I have spent the last 25 years trying to
get my mother to call them Hebe not Veronica, Pghiladelphus will return
to Syringa as well and her world would be perect!

And Aloysia triphylla will revert to Lippia citrodora (which I much prefer)
and still be Lemon Verbena to many!
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'