Hebe ‘Andersonii’
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Hebe ‘Andersonii’ forms a much-branched, bushy, evergreen shrub, about 6–9 ft (2–3 m) high. The leaves are mid to dark green, lance-shaped, about 4 in (10 mm) long, and 1 in (25 mm) wide. In June–July it bears 4 in (10 mm) spikes of light purple flowers, which fade to white. In the UK it is tender. Hebe ‘Midsummer Beauty’ is similar and more hardy. This was the first hebe cultivar, raised in 1848; the parents were said to be Hebe salicifolia and Hebe speciosa. Although Graham Hutchins says that seedlings from Hebe ‘Andersonii’ resemble neither of the above. |
