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Wiri Blush Hebe
Hebe hybrid 'Wiri Blush'
Pronunciation: HEE-bee
SKU #01759
LIGHT:
Full sun, Partial sun
WATER:
Water when top 2 inches of soil is dry.
SIZE:
Moderate growing; reaches 3 to 4 ft. tall and wide.
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Be Inspired: How to Use this Plant
| Description | Attractive, deep rose-pink flower spikes shimmer and stand out at branch tips, backed by lush and shiny, dark green, red-edged foliage. A low maintenance, compact, rounded shrub well-suited to use as a clipped or natural low hedge or as a container plant. Provides dynamic summer color in mixed perennial beds and borders. Evergreen. |
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| Bloom Time | Summer |
| Deciduous/Evergreen | Evergreen |
| Special Features | Easy Care, Compact Form |
| Problems/Solutions | Coastal Exposure, Road Salt Tolerant |
| Growth Rate | Moderate |
| Flower Attributes | Flowers for Cutting, Showy Flowers |
| Landscape Use | Border, Container, Hedge |
| Design Ideas | Hebes are excellent front yard foundation plants that look great in every season. Use in quantity to create low naturalistic hedges or lightly clip for semi-formal appearance. Use in masses evenly spaced for uniform, low maintenance ground coverage. Superior color for mixed beds and borders that need glossy foliage for in between flowering seasons. Particularly valuable for adding volume to tropical looking gardens of large leaf or lanky form exotics. |
| Flower Color | Pink |
| Foliage Color | Green |
| Companion Plants | Sweet Flag (Acorus); Cranesbill (Geranium); Russian Sage (Perovskia); New Zealand Flax (Phormium); Trumpet Vine (Clytostoma); |
| Care Instructions | Provide average, acidic, loose, well-drained soil; does not tolerate heavy, wet soils. Thrives in cool coastal areas; shelter from harsh sun exposures in hotter regions. Water deeply, regularly in first growing season to establish an extensive root system. Fertilize in early spring. For a semi-formal appearance, prune annually after flowering. |
| History | New Zealand hebes have long been bred in Denmark as greenhouse pot plants. It was not until recently that breeder Jack Hobbs, curator of the Aukland Regional Botanical Gardens, produced the wildly successful Wiri hebe varieties. They first came on the market in 1995 with Wiri Blush one of the latest introductions. |
Details
| Description | Attractive, deep rose-pink flower spikes shimmer and stand out at branch tips, backed by lush and shiny, dark green, red-edged foliage. A low maintenance, compact, rounded shrub well-suited to use as a clipped or natural low hedge or as a container plant. Provides dynamic summer color in mixed perennial beds and borders. Evergreen. |
|---|---|
| Bloom Time | Summer |
| Deciduous/Evergreen | Evergreen |
| Special Features | Easy Care, Compact Form |
| Problems/Solutions | Coastal Exposure, Road Salt Tolerant |
| Growth Rate | Moderate |
| Flower Attributes | Flowers for Cutting, Showy Flowers |
Style
| Landscape Use | Border, Container, Hedge |
|---|---|
| Design Ideas | Hebes are excellent front yard foundation plants that look great in every season. Use in quantity to create low naturalistic hedges or lightly clip for semi-formal appearance. Use in masses evenly spaced for uniform, low maintenance ground coverage. Superior color for mixed beds and borders that need glossy foliage for in between flowering seasons. Particularly valuable for adding volume to tropical looking gardens of large leaf or lanky form exotics. |
| Flower Color | Pink |
| Foliage Color | Green |
| Companion Plants | Sweet Flag (Acorus); Cranesbill (Geranium); Russian Sage (Perovskia); New Zealand Flax (Phormium); Trumpet Vine (Clytostoma); |
Care
| Care Instructions | Provide average, acidic, loose, well-drained soil; does not tolerate heavy, wet soils. Thrives in cool coastal areas; shelter from harsh sun exposures in hotter regions. Water deeply, regularly in first growing season to establish an extensive root system. Fertilize in early spring. For a semi-formal appearance, prune annually after flowering. |
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History
| History | New Zealand hebes have long been bred in Denmark as greenhouse pot plants. It was not until recently that breeder Jack Hobbs, curator of the Aukland Regional Botanical Gardens, produced the wildly successful Wiri hebe varieties. They first came on the market in 1995 with Wiri Blush one of the latest introductions. |
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We have been pioneers and craftsmen in the art of growing plants for 100 years. Since our founding in Southern California by Harry E. Rosedale, Sr. in 1926, we have been absolutely dedicated and obsessed with quality.
We have been pioneers and craftsmen in the art of growing plants for nearly 100 years. Since our founding in Southern California by Harry E. Rosedale, Sr. in 1926, we have been absolutely dedicated and obsessed with quality.