Detail
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Hebe pimeleoides
Notes

Uses: Ornamental ground cover for rockeries, embankments, verges, nature strips and roundabouts.
Attracts nectar eating birds and insects.
Requires well-drained soils and responds well to pruning. Effective for weed suppression and soil control.
Note: Fire retardant plant as per SA Country Fire Service, contact for further information.
Note: This species is provisionally classified schedule 1, Regulation 24.2 under the Sewerage Act. Written approval is required prior to planting in streets or roads. It should not be planted closer than two metres to any sewer main or connection.

  • Height 0.3-0.5m
  • Spread 0.8-1m
  • Position
    • position-fullsun Full Sun
  • Family Scrophulariaceae
  • Botanical Name Hebe pimeleoides
  • Origin New Zealand
  • Habit Erect, Spreading, Semi-creeper
  • Landscape Footslopes, Hills, Plains
  • Soil Texture Clay, Loam, Sand
  • pH Acidic, Alkaline, Neutral
  • Tolerates Drought, Fire, Moderate frost
  • Supplementary Watering Minimal
  • Flowering Time Summer
  • Flower Type Terminal
  • Purpose Habitat, Ornamental
  • Evergreen/Deciduous Evergreen
  • Form Low shrub (Up to 1.2m)