Description
Botanical name – Hebe Chocolate Box ™ 'Strawberry Truffle'
Common name – Hebe Strawberry Truffle
Description – This new release from the PGA Innovabred breeding program is a must-have for any garden. The Black Gloss Hebe boasts stunning jet-black leaves that deepen in colour during the cooler months, providing year-round interest to any garden. It is a tough and easy-care plant that thrives in sun, making it a versatile addition to any landscape. This compact and rounded Hebe makes a high-impact display in pots and can also be used as a unique mixed border feature in the garden.
Flower Colour –Pik
Flower Period – Spring
Fruiting – N/A
Location – Full sun to part shade
The Black Gloss Hebe is perfect for exposed garden situations, as an easy-care and unique hedging plant, as a spectacular and long-flowering pot plant, as a colourful and repeat flowering mixed border plant, and even for path edges and difficult spots.
Care – The Black Gloss Hebe requires medium watering once established. For formal gardens, clip to shape as a hedge or ball. For potted plants, use a well-draining potting media, and for garden planting, use enriched soil. After flowering, remove old flower heads for a tidy look. For optimal results, feed in late autumn and spring with a slow-release fertiliser.
Mature height – 0.6m H x 0.8m W
Sizes/Plant height approximate (above pot);
140mm – 20cm
**All plant stock and sizes are approximates and subject to grower availability as per the time of year**
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Some quick facts about this plant:
Full Sun | |
Part Shade | |
Low Watering |
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Ideal for Pots | |
Flowering | |
Wild Life Attracting | |
80cm Wide | |
60cm High |