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These plants are shrubs. The development is erect, they tend to grow both in height and in width, giving origin to a rounded shrub. Hebe Is an evergreen; during summer iIt assumes a pink colouring; the adult specimens are small in size and reach 1,5 m high.
Light Hebe
The Hebe should be preferably located in a place where it can have at least a few hours a day of direct solar light. These plants are rustic in the areas with a Mediterranean climate, therefore they can be grown outside.When the minimum temperatures are very low we can protec the more sensible brushes by covering their roots with dry leaves or straw.
Water Hebe
Let's water abundantly, moistening the soil deeply with 1-2 buckets of water , but let's act only when the substratum is dry, leaving it dry even for 2-3 weeks before watering it. If we decide to grow a specimen of the Hebe in a container, we should remember that it will have slightly different needs compared to a specimen grown in the ground: we should pay more attention to its water and nutritional needs and check more often for possible development of parassites.
Pests Hebe
As the day-time temperatures rise at the beginning of the spring, it is agreeable to practice a preventive treatment, with a wide-range insecticide, which should be applied when there aren’t flowerings in the garden. Before the buds become too large, it is advisable to also treat them with a wide-range fungicide, to prevent the development of fungal diseases which spread easily when there is an elevated environmental moisture.
Mold Hebe
Locate in a soft soil with an accentuated drainage.
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Plant - Hebe
If desired, we can grow the The Hebe in a container. The indications given in this article are related to a medium size plant.
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This page concerns the weather mediterranean it is possible to choose another climate area alpine continental