Plant Database
Autumn Glory Hebe
Hebe ‘Autumn Glory’
Autumn Glory Hebe is a robust and showy cultivar, particularly valued for its extended blooming period that lives up to its name. It features glossy, rounded, deep green leaves on purple-tinged stems. From late summer through autumn, it produces dense, bottlebrush-like spikes of rich violet-purple flowers that are highly attractive to pollinators. Slightly larger and more vigorous than some hebes, it makes an excellent, long-flowering low hedge or colorful specimen in coastal and water-wise gardens.
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Profuse Late Season Color: Blooms heavily from late summer through fall, providing vibrant color when many other shrubs have finished.
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Dense, Rounded Form: Grows into a substantial, dome-shaped mound of foliage, reaching 2-3 feet tall and wide.
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Attracts Pollinators: The nectar-rich flower spikes are a magnet for bees and butterflies in the late season.
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Exceptional Coastal Hardiness: One of the toughest hebes, highly resistant to salt spray, wind, and sandy soils.
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Low Maintenance Hedge Plant: Can be lightly sheared after flowering to maintain a dense, formal shape for hedges.