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Hebe - in garden design

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Maggiethecat · 07/03/2025 10:39

Looking to plant up a 3x1.5 m bed at end of garden that’s in partial shade.
Bought some plants yesterday including 3 types of Hebe. The colours are lovely but thinking now that I should have stuck to one colour for better effect.
Would this be better if I can get them swapped?

Hebe - in garden design
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parietal · 07/03/2025 10:59

if you are planting them next to each other, then yes I'd get 3 the same.

if you have an acre of garden and they are all in different spots then it doesn't matter.

Maggiethecat · 07/03/2025 11:03

I think I was quite taken by the variety of foliage colour but the bed is only 3x1.5m so probably better to have just one.

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Vroomfondleswaistcoat · 07/03/2025 11:05

I'd say it depends on the effect you are after. I'd happily put all three together and wait for them to grow into a 'massed effect' of all colours.

Shetlands · 07/03/2025 11:06

I'd keep them and I think they look lovely together. I'd plant them as you have them arranged with the green one in the middle. Are they all going to be roughly the same height and spread?

Maggiethecat · 07/03/2025 11:18

Tempting to keep them all although the green one might be easiest to combine other plants with.
The one on left grows 1.2x1.2m and the other two 60x60

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