Hebe
Water below
39%
Healthy band 45% to 85%
Estimated Reasoned from rooting depth and drought tolerance. Worth checking against your own bed.
Free draining soil suits it best. Established plants rarely need watering in the UK.
Once established this plant rarely needs watering. Alerts are worth acting on mainly in a long dry spell or in its first year.
Free draining soil suits it best. Established plants rarely need watering in the UK.
Setting the threshold
These figures are a tested starting point on a calibrated monitor. Watch one full wet to dry cycle in your own bed and adjust if the plant tells you otherwise. Soil type, container size and how much sun the spot gets all shift where the right number sits.