Mound forming hebes

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  1. Howard Stone

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    Hello

    Please recommend me a mound forming evergreen Hebe -- nice bright green -- preferably no or few flowers -- 2 foot x 2 foot. Can I do better than Rakaiensis?

    Sunny position and neutral soil.
     
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    Hi @Howard Stone . I thought you'd have got a few replies to your query.
    I grow H. buxifolia which grows in a nice globe/mound shape. As the name suggests, it's similar to Box, with small leaves in a good colour of green. I also used to grow one called Marg[a]ret, as it was my Mum's name, and it's quite similar.
    It does have flowers, but all Hebes do, so you may find it difficult to find one which has only a small amount. You could always trim it back once the flowers appear, but that seems a bit counter productive.
    A shadier site will tend to inhibit flowering a bit, but you'd also have to be careful that it didn't affect the general growth. I do have a buxifolia in a N/W facing site, and it doesn't get a lot of sun, but it does flower if conditions are reasonable through spring.
    Jacksons have quite a good selection, but there will be plenty of others with a similar range. :smile:
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      Thanks @fairygirl I hadn't thought about H. buxifolia before.
       
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      It's a good doer @Howard Stone. Mine is just starting to flower, which is very early, but we're experiencing the driest, hottest spring on record here, so many plants are further ahead than usual. It may well normally flower around now further south though.
      I had 3 in matching pots for a while, but I lost them during a bad winter, which is quite common for us. I managed to save one which had lost one side, and that's now in the front garden. The one I currently have was grown from a seedling that had appeared in the gravel. It's a good size now.
      I used to have a small one called [I think] Green Globe. I'd have to have a look to see all the detail, assuming I'm correct about the name too, but I have a feeling it didn't flower much, and was one that was mainly grown for foliage.
       
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