Hebe at Aldi 8th Oct

**Alan1** · 02-10-2009, 07:04 AM

choice of seven, £2.99 ea

http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers/2827_11493.htm

they use them more for shelter rather than food but my torts did eat one of my hebes in the spring.

... also succulents at Lidl the same day, doesn't say exactly what but you may be paying over the odds because of the pot http://www.lidl.co.uk/uk/home.nsf/pa...Stone_Pots.ar1

sometimes you can get a bargain in IKEA with those kind of plants

**Bindi** · 02-10-2009, 07:08 AM

Good old Aldi...when i see the word Hebe I always think Jeebees

thanks for posting Alan, it's off to Aldi I go

**Alan1** · 02-10-2009, 07:11 AM

It's next thursday bindi, don't get carried away

**Bindi** · 02-10-2009, 07:39 AM

Just being prepared lol

Lolly8 · 04-10-2009, 01:07 AM

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Originally Posted by caledonia

choice of seven, £2.99 ea

http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers/2827_11493.htm

they use them more for shelter rather than food but my torts did eat one of my hebes in the spring.

... also succulents at Lidl the same day, doesn't say exactly what but you may be paying over the odds because of the pot http://www.lidl.co.uk/uk/home.nsf/pa...Stone_Pots.ar1

sometimes you can get a bargain in IKEA with those kind of plants

That's great!

Are all hebes edible for torts?

chunkymunky · 04-10-2009, 01:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Lolly8

That's great!

Are all hebes edible for torts?

That's just what I was going to ask!!

**Alan1** · 04-10-2009, 07:33 AM

Lolly and Lizz, I think it's more the case that none (as far as I know) are toxic or bad for them. I have dwarf hebes and in the spring time just before flowering the torts went mad eating the leaves on one of them but didn't touch the other. The one they didn't touch gets used for hiding under, they love being under it. It will be interesting to see if the same thing happens next spring

ME SHELL · 05-10-2009, 09:19 AM

bought 2 hebe's yesterday at Tesco for £1.38 each. They had been reduced, so must have been there a while, but they looked gorgeous.

**Alan1** · 05-10-2009, 10:03 AM

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Originally Posted by ME SHELL

bought 2 hebe's yesterday at Tesco for £1.38 each. They had been reduced, so must have been there a while, but they looked gorgeous.

Oh aye, I remember I got a couple a while ago in Tesco, one was the little green ball type. I think they were either 1.99 or 1.49 at the time maybe

yuna1971 · 05-10-2009, 10:12 PM

Can i get some of these with no worries if they are toxic or bad ?? I am thinking ahead to when i do lilys new tort table. was thinking of putting a couple or just one in for him to have a little hiding place - but wont if its bad if they end up chewing it! Lily is quite fussy anyway, so that isnt to say he would. Also, i presume all care instructions will be with it, - if i plant in...will this grow roots downwards and get all mashed up at the base of the table?? Or will this be ok - i mean, it wont shrivel and die will it as soon as i put it in...or do people leave them in the pots..?

02-10-2009, 07:04 AM	#1
Alan1 Super Moderator Adult Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Sunny Scotland Posts: 21,512	Hebe at Aldi 8th Oct choice of seven, £2.99 ea http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers/2827_11493.htm they use them more for shelter rather than food but my torts did eat one of my hebes in the spring. ... also succulents at Lidl the same day, doesn't say exactly what but you may be paying over the odds because of the pot http://www.lidl.co.uk/uk/home.nsf/pa...Stone_Pots.ar1 sometimes you can get a bargain in IKEA with those kind of plants Last edited by Alan1; 02-10-2009 at 07:10 AM.

02-10-2009, 07:08 AM	#2
Bindi Super Moderator Adult Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Hampshire Posts: 11,157	Good old Aldi...when i see the word Hebe I always think Jeebees thanks for posting Alan, it's off to Aldi I go __________________

02-10-2009, 07:39 AM	#4
Bindi Super Moderator Adult Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Hampshire Posts: 11,157	Just being prepared lol __________________

05-10-2009, 10:12 PM	#10
yuna1971 Senior Member Adult Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Bristol Posts: 7,157	Can i get some of these with no worries if they are toxic or bad ?? I am thinking ahead to when i do lilys new tort table. was thinking of putting a couple or just one in for him to have a little hiding place - but wont if its bad if they end up chewing it! Lily is quite fussy anyway, so that isnt to say he would. Also, i presume all care instructions will be with it, - if i plant in...will this grow roots downwards and get all mashed up at the base of the table?? Or will this be ok - i mean, it wont shrivel and die will it as soon as i put it in...or do people leave them in the pots..? __________________ Rach Lily's Movie. http://www.shelledwarriors.co.uk/for...ad.php?t=68025

02-10-2009, 07:11 AM	#3
Alan1 Super Moderator Adult Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Sunny Scotland Posts: 21,512	It's next thursday bindi, don't get carried away

04-10-2009, 07:33 AM	#7
Alan1 Super Moderator Adult Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Sunny Scotland Posts: 21,512	Lolly and Lizz, I think it's more the case that none (as far as I know) are toxic or bad for them. I have dwarf hebes and in the spring time just before flowering the torts went mad eating the leaves on one of them but didn't touch the other. The one they didn't touch gets used for hiding under, they love being under it. It will be interesting to see if the same thing happens next spring

05-10-2009, 09:19 AM	#8
ME SHELL Senior Member Adult Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 8,484	bought 2 hebe's yesterday at Tesco for £1.38 each. They had been reduced, so must have been there a while, but they looked gorgeous.

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