These neat and colourful evergreen shrubs are ideal for a sunny border, providing summer flowers and year-round foliage. Compact types work well in containers or as border edgings, while larger types can be grown as hedging. The flowers are attractive to bees.
Short description
Hebe 'Mint Chocolate' is sure to be on the wanted list of many gardeners, whatever their level of expertise.Slightly larger than many of the family, with a height and spread of 75-100cm, Hebe 'Mint Chocolate' boasts sumptuous, evergreen, cocoa-brown, purple-toned leaves, giving enticing year-round interest. Clusters of small buds densely pack the ends of the branches, each one opens to reveal small, vivid, mauve-purple blooms from July to August, looking almost veronica-like.