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Last updated – December 2023

Homeupdated – December 2023 (new illustration)

About usupdated – December 2023 (committee member changes)

Eventsupdated – December 2023 (Proposed stands at Gardener's World Spring and Autumn Fairs and Alpine Garden Society Spring Show)

Hebe Society AGM in September 2024 – based on north Wales

 Shows – updated – 24 July 2019 (photos of 2019 exhibits and awards added)

Join us – updated 1 May 2010 (increased subscription rates)

   Join by post – updated 1 February 2022 (change of Treasurer)

   Join on-line – updated 15 January 2019 (notes added for Chrome and Edge users)

   Renew online – added 14 August 2010

   Starter Pack – updated – September 2023 (details of what you get when you join)

Hebe Newsupdated – December 2023 (details of latest ‘Hebe News’ added)

Article 1 – updated – December 2023 (a new article added)

Article 2 – updated – December 2023 (another new article added)

Archive – updated – December 2023 (Members only – Volume 8, and Volume 38 complete)

Hebe News Index – updated May 2022 (‘Hebe News’ Index updated)

Privacy policy – added 14 February 2009

About site – updated 3 April 2020 (notes on picture editing updated)

Information – updated 4 March 2007 (population of New Zealand updated)

Books – updated 3 April 2020 (three books on New Zealand trees added; bookshops updated)

Questions – FAQ – updated 3 April 2020 (Question where to buy hebes in the USA – nurseries listing revised added)

Q & A – updated 22 December 2007 (Question added on growing hebes in Queensland, Australia. It was moved from Links page)

Gardens – updated – 3 April 2020 (All entries checked and where necessary updated)

The Lovell Quinta Arboretum – updated 21 July 2014 (Hebe beds updated)

Nurseries – updated updated 4 September 2021 (The Hedgerow Plant Centre added)

NZ News – URL updated 14 February 2021 – latest Conservation and Environment stories from
‘The New Zealand Herald’ (updated daily)

Pruning Hebes – updated 3 April 2020 (new page added)

Hebes A to Z – updated – 4 September 2021 (cross references to Hebe 'Addenda Grethe', Hebe 'Addenda Linda', Hebe 'Addenda Lisa', Hebe 'Addenda Maria' and Hebe 'Addenda Mette' added to Hebes A page, Hebe ‘Burgundy Blush’ added to Hebes B, Hebe ‘Champagne Ice’ added to Hebes C)

Hebe cultivation – updated November 2022 (link added to video of hebe cultivation)

Find hebes – added 9 February 2008 (help with finding hebes in the UK, Netherlands, New Zealand and USA)

Introduction to hebes – added 11 October 2008

Hebe registration – added April 2023

NZ plants A to Z – updated 5 September 2009 (Pittosporum tenuifolium ‘Loxhill Gold‘ and Pittosporum tenuifolium ‘Margaret Turnbull’ added, photo of Pittosporum eugenioides updated. A total of 210 New Zealand native plants are described.

Find NZ plants – added 9 February 2008 (help with finding New Zealand plants in the UK, Netherlands, New Zealand and USA)

Introduction to NZ plants – updated 29 December 2007 (link added to a comparison between New Zealand and British Isles floras)

Site map – updated 19 December 2009 (details of 2010 Hebe Society AGM and Spring Meeting added)

Search site – added 19 February 2005 (search available and powered by FreeFind)

Links – updated January 2023 (links added to: Health Benefits of Gardening for Older Adults, 10 Must–see Virtual Gardens in the UK, Tree Surgeon Harrogate, Day Tree Services, Lawn care, Comfort Temp, Gardening Tips Lifestyle, Landscaping Services In Chandler, Excel Easy, GardenSite, US Veteran Rights and Discrimination, and January 2023 edition of News Blast!)

Donate – updated 23 December 2019

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