Chiba University Matsudo/Kashiwa Campus Plant Database

Details of genus: Parahebe [2577]

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Family: Plantaginaceae

family_ja: オオバコ

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description_en: Genus of about 30 species of evergreen or semi-evergreen subshrubs and perennials, often classified under Hebe or Veronica. Most are from Australia and New Zealand, with a few from Papua New Guinea, occurring mainly in sunny and dry, stony habitats or scree. They have woody-based stems, and produce opposite, usually more or less ovate, toothed, mid- to dark green or blue-green leaves, stalkless or with very short stalks. They are cultivated for their erect, axillary racemes of small, saucer-shaped, usually white, pink, lilac, or blue flowers, frequently with contrasting markings; each flower has 4, rarely 5, often pointed, unequal petals. Often mat-forming or decumbent, they are effective tumbling over walls or large rocks, or growing through shrubs, and are also suitable for a gravel bed.

hardiness_en: Fully hardy to frost hardy.

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propagation_en: Sow seed in containers in a cold frame as soon as ripe or in spring. Take semi-ripe cuttings in early or midsummer.

pests_en: Slugs may eat young growth.

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Update Information: Created: 2010-06-04 18:58; Updated: 2020-07-05 11:42

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