This species has many cultivars selected either for fruits or ornamental qualities
Katsura Japanese maple grows in vase-shaped form
Flower buds may be damaged by spring frosts
with its intense blue-green foliage and columnar habit
often with red to purple centres
Hebe 'Frozen Flame' - 50-60cm, 5lt Ground Covering This species has many cultivarsHebe 'Frozen Flame' is a bushy, compact, rounded, mound forming, evergreen shrub with narrow, grey green leaves with creamy white margins, turning pinkish purple in cold weather. Clusters of small, bright blue flowers bloom from June to October. Hebe 'Frozen Flame' likes poor to moderately fertile, slightly alkaline to neutral, moist, well drained soils. It thrives in full sun or partial shade. It can withstand frost but needs to be sheltered from