Mrs Winder Hebe Plants
The details
- Evergreen, deep green with red hints.
- Low maintenance ornamental
- Purple flowers June-September
- Grows well in pots
- Max. Height x spread: 1m
- Pot Grown: Year Round Delivery
- RHS Plants for Pollinators
- RHS Award of Garden Merit
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Description
Hebe 'Mrs Winder': 2 Litre Potted Plants
Mrs Winder is one of the most well known old Hebe varieties, ever popular thanks to her deep green glossy leaves, sturdy growth habit, and profuse small purple & white flower spikes delivers the darkness with lush purple-black new foliage that matures to dark green.
Grows to about 1 metre tall and tends to spread a bit more than that.
Hebes are only delivered pot-grown, year round.
Browse our other hebe varieties, or our full range of ornamental shrubs.
Features:
- Evergreen. Dark purple new foliage matures to deep green.
- Low maintenance ornamental
- Purple flowers June-September
- Well suited to soft contour ornamental hedging
- Good for coastal areas.
- RHS Plants for Pollinators
- Max. Height x spread: 1m x 1.2m
- Pot Grown: Year Round Delivery
Growing 'Mrs Winder' Hebes
Suitable for any well-drained soil, they tolerate partial shade well. They are hardy across most of the UK, but in cold areas of the North and Scotland, they are best grown in pots that can be moved into shelter from dry winter winds. In other areas outside the South West, covering them during an extended period of frost or snow is recommended to prevent cosmetic damage, but not essential.
Hebes prefer poor soil, so do not add any of our rich composts to the soil before planting: sand would be better in most normal topsoils. In heavy clay soil, churn the ground over to add a bit of gravel & grit (not sand) to give their roots breathing space, likewise add grit to a planting mix for Hebes in pots.
They don't like being hard pruned, so give them a light trim in spring to keep them tight and bushy. If you need to tidy a stray stem, prune it back as little as possible, to a good-looking bud.
In Your Garden Design
Consider complementary, darker foliage plants like heuchera Black Pearl. Highlight with purple/blue and white themed plants including Anemone Harmony Double White and Pulmonaria Blue Ensign. Partner with our Regal Whites and Moody Blues collection and you are onto a winner. Nepeta and Japanese Anemone 'Honorine Jobert' would be good combinations too.