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A Case of the Hebe Jeebies : Talking Plants Blog No sooner did they hit the PLAY button on my Hebe piece that aired on Morning Edition today, that it hit me, Uh oh! I'm a sitting duck for.
Description: There are more than 100 species of this evergreen shrub, which ranges widely from rocky sites to scrub and grassland; from coastal areas to mountains. Native to Australia and New ...
Hebe ochracea 'James Stirling' won the Award of Garden Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1993. This dwarf form of H. ochracea is named after the superintendent of the Government ...
Hebe “Emerald Gem” caught the eye of Great Plant Pick judges over the course of a three-year hebe evaluation at North Willamette Research and Extension Center, Oregon. It stood out because of ...
Entire sections or sides of the shrub may become affected quite rapidly, looking almost as though it were burned. The entire plant may die, or it may persist for months in this state.
EASY PLANTS FOR A BOGGY AREA. Can you suggest any low-maintenance plants as a centrepiece for a piece of rough, rather boggy ground about 150ft by 100ft (45m by 30m) to be used mainly as space for ...
Over the 40 plus years of writing this garden column, I have learned what plants cause Western Washington gardeners the most problems (daphnes, hebe, basil and dogwood, to name a few) and which ...