A wonderful textural plant. Quite beautiful for rock gardens and troughs. From the Eastern South Island mountains in scree and rocks. It only gets about 40cm tall, and the lower leaves die making it a bit straggly at times, but I feel it adds to the spectacle of natural lovelieness. 

Hebe epacridea in flower at Mt Hutt. Photo courtesy of Alan Jolliffe. For more photos visit: http://www.alanjolliffe.com/  

A great resource to look for native plant information as the image above is  from the Phil Beadle Collection, this resource is free to use, so thanks to the contributors.