Hebe Marie Antoinette

Hebe Marie Antoinette.  Low-growing, spreading, bushy shrub with lax branchlets. The dark-green leaves are spear shaped and dusky pink underneath, emerging from purple-red leaf buds. The long flowers are red-purple fading to white in late spring to summer. This hebe cultivar was discovered by Ann Burton at the Annton Nursery of Cambridge. It will grow in sun or semi-shade and tolerates dry sites with a range of soils.