Hebe ‘Nicola’s Blush’

Hebe ‘Nicola’s Blush’ photographed at The Quinta Arboretum, Swettenham, Cheshire, UK

Hebe ‘Nicola’s Blush’ AGM forms a bushy evergreen shrub, about 2 ft (60 cm) high and the same across. Its leaves are spear-shaped, mid-green, about 1.5 in (3.8 cm) long, with red margins; the leaf is coloured purple in winter. The flowers are pink, fading to white. It has an very long flowering period, which can last from early summer until the New Year.

This hebe was raised in 1980 by Graham Hutchins of County Park Nursery, Essex. It has proved a very popular hebe in the UK.

Hardiness = H5     UK Availability = 3

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