Re: Gray-Blue-White-Silver

Moira,

Hebe pimelioides 'Quicksilver' is available here. I
have it planted with Muscari armeniacum and a white
flowered form of Ribes sanquineum, both of which bloom

in early spring here. They make a lovely threesome.

None of my blue-gray Hebes have bloomed for me though.
Any thoughts on why?


--- Tony and Moira Ryan <tomory@xtra.co.nz> wrote:
> Deborah Lindsay wrote:
> > Some of my favorites (there are so many...):
> > Hebe albicans, H. pinguifolia, H.pimeleoides.
> > 
> Deborah
> I have H pimelioides cerulea, which has not only
> perhaps a bluer foliage 
> still, but lots of really beautiful deep blue
> flowers in season. I see 
> from my NZ plant encyclopedia there is also availble
> now a variety 
> called 'quicksilver' which in the pic looks indeed
> very silvey, but I 
> have yet to catch up with this.
> 
> I have found that to get the best out of most Hebes
> it is worth while 
> regrowing them every few years to retain youthful
> vigour. I had a 
> problem with H. pimelioides to begin with, as it (to
> my astonishment) 
> stoutly resisted reproduction by cuttings.
> Fortunately, the alternative 
> - layering - works splendidly every time, so every
> few years I bend down 
> a suitable branch after flowering and make me a new
> plant.
> 
> For any plant which is reluctant to grow from
> cuttings I can recommend 
> layering which nearly always seems to easily solve
> the problem. Among 
> plants in this category I would include many plants
> of the heath family 
> and also the thymes.
> 
> Moira
> -- 
> Tony & Moira Ryan,
> Wainuiomata, North Island, NZ.     Pictures of our
> garden at:-
>
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/cherie1/Garden/TonyandMoira/index.htm
> NEW PICTURES ADDED 4/Feb/2004
> 
> 


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