Hebe ‘Dark Secret’

The Hebe ‘Dark Secret’ is a bushy evergreen shrub that is available in a 2-litre pot. With its deep purple blooms and dark green foliage, it is the perfect choice for adding year-round interest to your garden.

This low maintenance compact plant produces spikes with masses of purple blooms that are complemented by dark glossy leaves. Its shape and delightful colour work particularly well in borders, pots and containers.

In addition to this, Hebe’s are a great choice if you are looking to attract wildlife to your outdoor space. A favourite of bees, butterflies and other pollinators, this dense shrub also provides shelter to a variety of insects.

Preferring a position in full sun with moist but well-drained soil, keep this hardy plant looking its best by removing spent flowers to encourage a further flush of blooms. Once flowering has finished a light trim helps to keep its neat shape. Keep an eye out for aphids, leaf spot, downy mildew and root rot.

The Hebe ‘Dark Secret’ looks particularly effective when planted as part of a courtyard garden, cottage and in informal gardens.

Details

• Product name: Hebe ‘Dark Secret’
• Product type: Evergreen shrub
• Product size: 2-litre pot
• Flower colour: Dark purple
• Foliage colour: Dark green
• Growing habit: Bushy
• Hardiness: Fully hardy
• Position: Full sun
• Flowering from: June to September
• Suitable for: Borders, pots and containers
• Soil: Loam, Sand, Clay, Chalk
• Moisture: Moist but well-drained
• Ultimate height: 0.6 metres
• Ultimate spread: 0.6 metres
• Hebes do not respond well to hard pruning
• Keep this plant looking its best by removing spent flowers to encourage a further flush of blooms