Hebe 'Emerald Gem'
Common name:
Emerald Gem Hebe
Pronunciation:
HEE-bee
Family:
Scrophulariaceae
Genus:
Synonyms:
'Green Globe'
Type:
Broadleaf
Native to (or naturalized in) Oregon:
No
- Evergreen shrub, dwarf, globe-shaped, compact, to about 12 inches high (30 cm), upright green shoots. Leaves tiny, glossy, densely arranged. Flowers small, appear in summer.
- Sun or part shade. Royal Hort. Soc., Award of Garden Merit 1993.
- Hardy to USDA Zone 8 Found in the Ruahine Mountains, New Zealand; possibly a hybrid between H. odora and H. subsimilis (Hiller, 1998).
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