Description
A small shrub with attractive green and cream foliage, sometimes tinted with pink. Small purple flowers arrive in autumn.
Habit – Upright
Resilience – Hardy
Flowering Time – June – September
Height and spread – 45 x 25 cm
Ideal Conditions – Prefers full sun, or partial shade with free-draining soil or compost.
Possibile situation – Usually found in beds and borders, but will be excellent for a large bowl, on its own, or to add height to a mixed display.
Features –
Typical season – Autumn
Flower Colour – purple
Foliage Colour – cream
Flowering time – June – September
Planting recommendation – Bed/Border Prefers – Full Sun
Temperature tolerance – A hardy plant which should survive normal winter conditions outside, especially if protected from the hardest frosts.
Plant care –
Family – SCROPHULARIACEAE Genus – Hebe Cultivar –
Pot Sizes – 11cm Pot Spacing –
Growing Media and irrigation – Free draining – keep evenly moist
Feeding fertiliser – NPK balanced feeding Feeding frequency – Requires normal/regular feeding (Standard EC)
PH Recommendation – Standard 5.0 to 5.5 Common pests – Aphid Common disease – Downy Mildew
Species – x franciscana
