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A native of South Island this is surprisingly hardy, forming a medium sized shrub with neatly ranked foliage and terminal spikes of white to pale lavender flowers in summer.

Grayish curled foliage, bushy to 3'; its one of the hardiest of the larger species.

Primuloides x elliptica; the hardiest Hebe we grow, actually we have more then one clone under this name but all are quite hardy low mat forming plants with violet purple flowers. It has wintered with no protection here.

Outstanding 7” bicolored pinwheel flowers shading from pale pink to near red atop sturdy 6’ plants this behaves as a perennial here dying back to the ground in winter, be warned it is very late to emerge in spring so do not declare it dead prematurely.

The Japanese Raisin Tree occurs from Japan, over Eastern China and Korea to the Himalayas (up to altitudes of 2,000 m), growing preferably in a sunny position on moist sandy or loamy soils. The trees bear clusters of small cream-colored hermaphroditic flowers in July. The drupes appear at the ends of edible fleshy fruit stalks, which is a type of accessory fruit. The sweet and fragrant fruit is edible raw or cooked. Dried, they look and taste like raisins. An extract of the seeds, and young leaves can be used as a substitute for honey. .