Hebe speciosa 'Tricolor' (Showy Hebe)

Interesting Facts

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Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Showy Hebe

Description

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Physical Description

Flowers: Bloom Period: April, May, June. • Flower Color: blue-violet

Size/Age/Growth

Size: 24-36" tall.

Biology

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Growth

Culture: Space 24-36" apart.

Soil: Minimum pH: 6.6 • Maximum pH: 7.8

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full Sun .

Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 8b, 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b. (map)

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Plantae () - Haeckel, 1866 - Plants
  - Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae () - Cavalier-Smith, 1981
    - Phylum: Tracheophyta () - Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
      - Subphylum: Euphyllophytina ()
        Infraphylum: Radiatopses () - Kenrick & Crane, 1997
        Class: Magnoliopsida () - Brongniart, 1843 - Dicotyledons
        Subclass: Asteridae () - Takhtajan, 1967
        Superorder: Lamianae () - Takhtajan, 1967
        Order: Lamiales () - Bromhead, 1838
        Family: Plantaginaceae () - A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons.
        Subfamily: Digitalidoideae ()
        Tribe: Veroniceae ()
        Genus: Hebe () - Commerson ex A.L. de Jussieu, 1789
        Specific epithet: speciosa
        Cultivar: Tricolor
        Botanical name: - Hebe speciosa 'Tricolor'

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Hebe

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 62 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

H. albicans (Hebe) · H. albicans 'Pink Elephant' (Hebe) · H. albicans 'Red Edge' (Hebe) · H. albicans 'Sussex Carpet' (Hebe) · H. amplexicaulis f. hirta (Hebe) · H. buchananii (Hebe) · H. buchananii 'Sir George Fenwick' (Hebe) · H. buxifolia (Boxleaf Hebe) · H. buxifolia 'Nana' (Boxleaf Hebe) · H. carnosula (Hebe) · H. cupressoides (Whipcord Hebe) · H. cupressoides 'Boughton Dome' (Whipcord Hebe) · H. decumbens (Hebe) · H. franciscana (Francisco Hebe) · H. haastii (Hebe) · H. hartii (Hebe) · H. lycopodioides (Hebe) · H. macrocarpa var. brevifolia (Hebe) · H. ochracea 'James Stirling' (Figwort) · H. parviflora var. arborea (Koromiko Taranga) · H. pauciramosa (Hebe) · H. pimeleoides (Hebe) · H. pimeleoides 'Quicksilver' (Hebe) · H. pinguifolia (Shrubby Veronica) · H. pinguifolia 'Pagei' (Shrubby Veronica) · H. pinguifolia 'Sutherlandii' (Shrubby Veronica) · H. recurva (Hebe) · H. salicifolia (Koromiko) · H. speciosa (New Zealand Hebe) · H. speciosa 'Magenta' (Showy Hebe) · H. speciosa 'Tricolor' (Showy Hebe) · H. speciosa 'Variegata' (Showy Hebe) · H. topiaria (Hebe) · H. 'Alicia Amherst' (Hebe) · H. 'Amy' (Hebe) · H. 'Andersonii Variegata' (Variegated Hebe) · H. 'Autumn Glory' (Hebe) · H. 'Blue Elf' (Hebe) · H. 'Brill Blue' (Hebe) · H. 'Caledonia' (Hebe) · H. 'Clear Skies' (Hebe) · H. 'Emerald Green' (Hebe) · H. 'Franciscana Variegata' (Hebe) · H. 'Great Orme' (Great Orme Hebe) · H. 'Janet Pink' (Hebe) · H. 'Mckean' (Mckeans Hebe) · H. 'Midsummer Beauty' (Hebe) · H. 'Mrs. Winder' (Hebe) · H. 'Nicola's Blush' (Nicola's Blush Hebe) · H. 'Oratio Beauty' (Hebe) · H. 'Pascal' (Hebe) · H. 'Purple Picture' (Hebe) · H. 'Sandra Joy' (Hebe) · H. 'Silver Dollar' (Hebe) · H. 'Sutherlandii Gold' (Hebe) · H. 'Temptation' (Hebe) · H. 'Violet Snow' (Hebe) · H. 'White Gem' (Hebe) · H. 'Wiri Blush' (Hebe) · H. 'Wiri Charm' (Hebe) · H. 'Wiri Mist' (Hebe) · H. 'Wiri Prince' (Hebe)

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Notes

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Contributors

Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 11, 2012.

Identifiers

Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 966597