Botanical name:

Hebe Odora

Common name(s):

Hebe, Mountain Box

About:

A hardy, ball-like shrub featuring small, box-like dark-green leaves that provide an attractive appearance throughout the year. It produces showy, white, cone-shaped flowers that add a delightful visual interest during its blooming season. This plant prefers to thrive in well-drained soils, making it an excellent choice for various landscapes. Additionally, it is frost hardy, which allows it to withstand colder temperatures effectively.

Natural habitat:

It grows in montane to pen alpine grassland, shrub-land, bogs and flushes.

Growing environment:

Frost, Sun, Wind, Coastal & Free draining tolerant.

Endemic distribution:

Widespread throughout New Zealand, south from the Huiarau Range, Lake Waikaremoana, on mountains of North Island, South Island, Stewart Island and the Auckland Islands.

Height: 1.2m

Flowering: 

(November-) December-January (-March) with a white coloured flower/s

Fruiting:

December-April (-November)

Uses:

Bird food / Attractant, Bee food, Hedging, Riparian plantings, Pioneer Plantings

How to grow:

Easily grown from fresh seed & semi hardwood cuttings.

** Seed germinates without pre treatment. Sow seed direct & keep moist until germination is complete.