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Also known as Hebe buxifolia nana, a compact bush with lilac flowers, it is possibly a hybrid with Hebe odora, named for Marie Turnbull a new zealand botanical artist.

Neat looking little bushes, very free flowering with many short spikes of deep purple Veronica-like flowers, it is not hardy here.

A neat grey leaved shrublet growing 18” high and nearly twice as wide found in scotland in 1970 by valerie Finnis grown primarily for it’s excellent foliage it rarely if ever flowers.

Hebe pinguifolia is a low growing evergreen plant that needs little or no pruning. It has purple stems with blue-green, leathery leaves and from late spring to early summer the shrub is covered in a profusion of white flowers. Although all hebes can tolerate shade, they flower best in full sun.

Native to both Chile and New Zealand, with narrow willowy leaves on shrubs that can reach 5m; topped by numerous 20cm conical racemes of lavender tinged white flowers.