Kingdom: Plantae
(Unranked): Angiosperms
(Unranked): Eudicots
(Unranked): Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Plantaginaceae
Genus: Hebe
Botanical name: Hebe 'Wiri Vogue'
Hebe ‘Wiri Vogue’ is a dense compact shrub with a ball habit up to a meter high. It has glossy deep green foliage. It produces 6cm long pink flowers that are borne in tight 6cm long racemes at the end of the branches from mid summer through to late autumn.
Wiri Vogue was raised by Jack Hobbs at Auckland botanical gardens. One parent was Hebe speciosa and the other is not known.
The upper surface of the leaf
The underside of a leaf
