Phil Bendle Collection:Hebe Wiri Vogue

Kingdom: Plantae

(Unranked): Angiosperms

(Unranked): Eudicots

(Unranked): Asterids

Order: Lamiales

Family: Plantaginaceae

Genus: Hebe

Botanical name: Hebe 'Wiri Vogue'

Hebe ‘Wiri Vogue’ is a dense compact shrub with a ball habit up to a meter high. It has glossy deep green foliage. It produces 6cm long pink flowers that are borne in tight 6cm long racemes at the end of the branches from mid summer through to late autumn.
Wiri Vogue was raised by Jack Hobbs at Auckland botanical gardens. One parent was Hebe speciosa and the other is not known.

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The upper surface of the leaf[3]

The underside of a leaf
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