Hebe CHOCOLATE BOX™ ‘Purple Truffle’

Common Name:

Hebe CHOCOLATE BOX™ 'Purple Truffle'

Description:

Hebe CHOCOLATE BOX™ 'Purple Truffle' is a stunning, compact evergreen shrub celebrated for its rich, chocolate-purple foliage and attractive, naturally rounded growth habit. Its small, glossy leaves display beautiful deep burgundy and purple tones, with the colour often intensifying during Melbourne's cooler autumn and winter months, providing exceptional year-round garden interest. Delicate spikes of soft lilac to purple flowers appear during the warmer months, creating a lovely contrast against the dark foliage while attracting beneficial pollinators, including bees and butterflies. With its dense, tidy growth habit, this distinctive Hebe is ideal for garden borders, low hedging, mass plantings, contemporary landscapes and decorative pots. Well suited to Melbourne's temperate climate, it thrives in full sun to partial shade and prefers well-drained soil enriched with organic matter. Although moderately drought tolerant once established, occasional deep watering during extended dry periods will help maintain healthy growth. A light trim after flowering encourages a compact, bushy shape and keeps the foliage looking its best. Its combination of striking foliage colour, seasonal flowers and minimal maintenance requirements makes Hebe CHOCOLATE BOX™ 'Purple Truffle' an excellent choice for adding contrast, texture and year-round appeal to gardens of all sizes.

Form:

- Shrub - Small

Mature Size:

• Height: 40–60 cm

• Width: 40–60 cm

Aspect:

• Full Sun

• Part Shade

Flowering:

• Flowers in Spring

• Flowers in Summer

Flower Colour:

• Lilac

• Purple

Key Attributes:

• Bee Attracting

• Butterfly Attracting

• Compact Growth Habit

• Disease Resistant

• Drought Tolerant Once Established

• Evergreen

• Frost Tolerant

• Low Maintenance

• Ornamental Foliage

• Perennial

• Suitable for Borders and Edging

• Suitable for Coastal Gardens

• Suitable for Hedging

• Suitable for Mass Planting

• Suitable for Pots

• Winter Foliage Colour

Toxicity:

Hebe CHOCOLATE BOX™ 'Purple Truffle' is not generally considered toxic to humans, dogs or cats. However, ingestion of large quantities of plant material may cause mild gastrointestinal discomfort in pets.

Companion Plants:

• Carex testacea

• Correa 'Dusky Bells'

• Dianella 'Little Jess'

• Erysimum 'Bowles Mauve'

• Festuca glauca

• Heuchera 'Lime Marmalade'

• Lavender (Lavandula)

• Lomandra 'Tanika'

• Nandina 'Gulf Stream'

• Pittosporum 'Golf Ball'

• Salvia nemorosa

  Plant Growers Australia (PGA) is an innovative wholesale production nursery based in Melbourne, renowned for superior quality garden plants and pioneering breeding programs.
  PGA do not sell direct to the public, but their website has detailed information on this species that is available for everyone to access. 
  Visit www.pga.com.au for further details and photos of this plant.