Fruits and seeds of Hebe Pinguifolia (hook. F.) Cockayne et Allan in Lithuanian conditions

Abstract

Some plants of New Zealand such as Clematis paniculata Gmel., Gaultheria rupestris (forst.) G. Don, Hebe buxifolia (Benth.) ckn. et Allan, H. pinguifolia (Hook. f.) cockayne et Allan, H. ochracea ‘James stirtling’ are cultured in Lithuania. The climate of New Zealand is very dif­ ferent from that in Lithuania. In Lithuania the temperature in winter can drop to –25–30 °c. Hebe blooms in Lithuania, but there is no data about its fruits (Januškevičius et al., 2006). Grafting is the only way to propagate hebe. H. pinguifolia is cultured in Kaunas Botanical Garden of VMU since 1997–1998. Hebe was fructified in 2008–2009. This article presents a description of fruits and seeds of Hebe pinguifolia. The size, colour, surface form and other features of fruits and seeds are specified in the article. Germination of H. pinguifolia seeds is also discussed.