New Zealand Flame Bush (Hebe): A grower called "Nuseryman's Exchange" in California flooded the

» Jojo - A grower called "Nuseryman's Exchange" in California flooded the

A grower called "Nuseryman's Exchange" in California flooded the market with these earlier this month. I've seen them everywhere from chainstores to garden centres, sold in many different ways, as houseplants, tender shrubs and hardy shrubs. Maybe yours came from the same distributor. They were in round, 6 inch pots.

I had never seen a variegated hebe before. It's quite a nice variegation too. Silver and white, in wide, variable banding. It's large-leaved, making it slightly less hardy than the small-leaved types commonly available here.

Diana - Care for your hebe will depend on where you are. Lynda is right with her care instructions, and they DO need to get a cold period, or dormant period of some kind. Grown indoors year round, they will simply exhaust themselves.

Consider the coldest it should get as -5 degrees celcius. That's 5 degrees below freezing, also known as 23 degrees farenheit, if my calculation is correct. They also dislike their roots being wet during their dormant period.

Jojo

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