Hebe Bald Knob Ridge
This is a prostrate hebe, spreading across alpine rocks and smothered in delicate pure white flowers.
Family: Scrophulariacea
Hebe are a common element of New Zealand flora. They are found growing in a wide variety of habitats from seashore to alpine meadows.
There are about 90 different specimens with a wide variety of growth forms from the tree-like hebe aborescens to small mountain whipcord hebe that resemble dwarf conifers.
Because of the profuse flowers that smother some species hebe are widely used horticulturally all over the world with a wide variety of hybrids and cultivars. Some of the flowers are also elborate and strikingingly coloured, ranging from whites and creams to reds, mauves, purples and blues.
The scientif name has recently been changed to Veronica but hebe remains the popular common name.
Hebe Bald Knob Ridge
This is a prostrate hebe, spreading across alpine rocks and smothered in delicate pure white flowers.
Family: Scrophulariacea
Hebe are a common element of New Zealand flora. They are found growing in a wide variety of habitats from seashore to alpine meadows.
There are about 90 different specimens with a wide variety of growth forms from the tree-like hebe aborescens to small mountain whipcord hebe that resemble dwarf conifers.
Because of the profuse flowers that smother some species hebe are widely used horticulturally all over the world with a wide variety of hybrids and cultivars. Some of the flowers are also elborate and strikingingly coloured, ranging from whites and creams to reds, mauves, purples and blues.
The scientif name has recently been changed to Veronica but hebe remains the popular common name.