Veronica 'Mrs Winder' (Hebe)

Common name: Hebe 'Mrs Winder'

Description: This outstanding evergreen shrub offers exceptional year-round foliage interest with leaves that emerge bronze-purple in spring before maturing to deep purple-green with distinctive bronze undertones. The foliage colour intensifies in cold weather, creating rich burgundy-purple tones that provide valuable winter interest. In late summer and autumn, slender spikes of violet-blue flowers appear at the stem tips, creating an attractive display that buzzes with pollinators. The neat, compact habit makes this ideal for the front of borders, containers, or low informal hedging. This is one of the hardiest hebes available, reliably surviving British winters even in colder regions. The combination of colourful foliage, late-season flowers, and exceptional hardiness makes this an invaluable plant for year-round interest in mixed borders, contemporary plantings, or providing structure in cottage gardens.

Other benefits: year-round purple foliage interest, late summer to autumn flowering, one of the hardiest hebes, compact habit, excellent for containers

Wildlife attraction: bees, butterflies, pollinators

Height & spread (approx.) at 10 years: 0.6m x 0.6m

Position: full sun to partial shade; foliage colour best in good light

Soil pH: adaptable to most soils; performs well in neutral to slightly alkaline conditions

Moisture: moderate watering required; prefers well-drained soil; dislikes waterlogging

Winter hardiness: hardy to -10°C; one of the hardiest hebes

Common name: Hebe 'Mrs Winder'

Description: This outstanding evergreen shrub offers exceptional year-round foliage interest with leaves that emerge bronze-purple in spring before maturing to deep purple-green with distinctive bronze undertones. The foliage colour intensifies in cold weather, creating rich burgundy-purple tones that provide valuable winter interest. In late summer and autumn, slender spikes of violet-blue flowers appear at the stem tips, creating an attractive display that buzzes with pollinators. The neat, compact habit makes this ideal for the front of borders, containers, or low informal hedging. This is one of the hardiest hebes available, reliably surviving British winters even in colder regions. The combination of colourful foliage, late-season flowers, and exceptional hardiness makes this an invaluable plant for year-round interest in mixed borders, contemporary plantings, or providing structure in cottage gardens.

Other benefits: year-round purple foliage interest, late summer to autumn flowering, one of the hardiest hebes, compact habit, excellent for containers

Wildlife attraction: bees, butterflies, pollinators

Height & spread (approx.) at 10 years: 0.6m x 0.6m

Position: full sun to partial shade; foliage colour best in good light

Soil pH: adaptable to most soils; performs well in neutral to slightly alkaline conditions

Moisture: moderate watering required; prefers well-drained soil; dislikes waterlogging

Winter hardiness: hardy to -10°C; one of the hardiest hebes