Scientific Name: Hebe 'Blue Mist' ( syn. Veronica )
Common Name: Blue Mist hebe
Family Name: Plantaginaceae
Origin: Garden origin
Hardiness Zone: Zone 8a: (-12 to -9.5 °C)
Plant Type: Broadleaf evergreen
Mature Size: 0.7 - 1.3m x 1.0 - 1.5m (height x width)
Habit: Upright
Form: Oval - horizontal
Texture: Medium
Landscape Uses: Alpine, Mixed shrub border, Rock garden, Summer interest
Exposure: Part sun/part shade
Soil or Media: Well-drained
Leaves: Simple, Opposite, Succulent, Prickly, Glabrous, Lustrous, Lanceolate, Entire
Flowers: Raceme, Blue, May-Jun-Jul-Aug
Fruit: Capsule, Brown, Sep-Oct
Key ID Features:
Small, evergreen shrub; leaves smooth, lanceolate, powdery, opposite (each leaf pair is at a right angle to the leaves above and below - very geometric in arrangement - this uniformity of size and arrangment gives it an almost artifical look).