Hebe 'Amy' is a handsome evergreen shrub to 18" x 18" with dark stems, dark green leaves and spikes of purple flowers in late summer.

Grow in sun to part shade in poor to moderately fertile soil with moderate water.   Although it is reported to be not very hardy, it has survived winter temps into the low teens without dieback over 3 winters in a sheltered location against a fence in our garden.  Scrophulariaceae

This is one of the small leaf Hebes that are reported to be among the most cold hardy of the genus.  It is a variable plant and our seed grown plants range in leaf color from green to gray with flower colors from pale to fairly deep lilac.  Our most floriforous plant is pictured at left, with its truly beautiful flower display in late spring.  Compact evergreen 12 x 12".

Grow in sun to part shade in poor to moderately fertile, well drained soil.  The species is from the South Island of New Zealand where it grows in dry, rocky places. 

It should be hardy into the teens F. Scrophulariaceae

A somewhat sprawling evergreen shrub to 12 x 12" with small green, red edged leaves and racemes of pink flowers in spring.

Grow in sun to part shade in well drained, poor to moderately fertile soil.  Native to dry, rocky places to 3,000 ft elevation on the South Island of New Zealand.   We have grown it for several years in our rock garden where it has proven to be hardy into the low teens F. Scrophulariaceae

Compact evergreen shrub 18" x 24" with tightly arranged gray-green, red rimmed ovate leaves and producing spikes of flowers that appear lilac and fade to white in summer.

Grow in sun to part shade in well drained, poor to moderately fertile soil.  'Red Edge' is most likely of hybrid origin with H. albicans as an ancestor.  Given that Hebe albicans grows in rocky habitats to 4500 ft on the South Island of New Zealand, it is likely hardy to around 10 degrees F. Scrophulariaceae