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aka Shore Leptinella

Native. Interesting and attractive little ground-cover with fresh green, flat, fern like foliage that sometimes has a hint of bronze. Quite fast growing in sun or part shade and tolerant of coastal conditions. Sometimes used as a 'now mow' lawn substitute. Evergreen.

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aka Cotula Weed or Brass Buttons

Native Ground Cover. An extremely useful and attractive spreading perennial that has fern like foliage in interesting shades of lime and bronze-black. Lime yellow flowers appear in summer but the foliage is the main feature. Grow in sun or part shade. Will do best in humus rich soil. Evergreen.

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aka Swamp Musk

Native. Carpet forming perennial with tiny little leaves that form a dense mat. In summer small white-blue flowers appear followed by egg shaped seed pods. A useful plant for rockeries or in-between paving slabs etc. Likes the sun and fertile soil that does not completely dry out in summer. Evergreen.

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aka Wire Plant

A spreading, deciduous shrub that can add interest to any garden and works well contrasted with bold foliage. Brown zig-zag stems with small heart shaped green leaves. A unique habit of growth and foliage makes for a great feature shrub or mass planted. Extremely hardy.

Can be used as a low informal hedge or clipped to shape for a more formal hedge and sculptural topiary.

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aka Creeping Wire Vine

Here's something just a bit different to add contrast and texture to your planting schemes. Golden stems covered with tiny dark green leaves twist and turn to form a mat of dark green. Dainty yellow flowers in summer sometimes followed by black berries.

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aka Rice Flower or NZ Daphne

A NZ Native, mat forming ground cover with tiny, white starry, fragrant summer flowers and attractive blue foliage. Great in rockeries or for mass plantings to cover banks and retaining walls. Grows in full sun and part shade, coastal hardy and happy in dry soils.

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aka New Zealand Daphne

Native. New Zealand Daphne. A delightful little plant that loves to scramble over rocks or drape over walls and banks. The dainty foliage is a soft blue/green colour and the small white flowers appear in summer. The flowers are followed by small clear white berries. Likes the sun, good drainage and protection from harsh frost. Evergreen.

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aka New Zealand Daphne

Delightful mat forming native daphne with tiny blue grey leaves. Perfect to scramble over rocks and walls or use as a ground cover. Fragrant, tiny white flowers smother the plant in spring. Trim as required. Plant in a sunny well drained position. Evergreen.

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aka New Zealand Daphne

Native. A terrific little ground cover with clusters of dainty, fragrant, white flowers that appear from winter through to spring and occasionally at other times of the year. Neat and tidy small grey leaves that form a spreading mat. Quite tough and hardy, responds to trimming. Evergreen. PVR.

Pimelea look lovely cascading over a wall or bank. They can be trimmed lightly after flowering to encourage new growth. This plant would even look good in a hanging basket.

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aka Panakenake, Lobelia

Native. Dainty deep green leaves that quickly form a low mat of tight foliage. In spring and summer myriads of starry shaped white flowers dance above the foliage, followed by fleshy red berries. Plant in sun or part shade in well drained soil that does not completely dry out in summer. Evergreen.

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aka Pratia

Native. Dainty deep green small leaves that quickly form a low mat of tight foliage. In spring and summer myriads of starry shaped white flowers dance above the foliage, followed by fleshy purple berries. Plant in sun or part shade in well drained soil that does not completely dry out in summer. Evergreen.

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Native. An intriguing moss-like plant that forms dense mounded cushions of emerald green foliage with fascinating humps and hollows. A great plant for rockeries, ferneries and containers. Does best in well-drained soil in Full sun to part shade. Evergreen

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aka Swamp Weed

Native. A useful native groundcover that spreads by rooting stems. The tough fleshy, green to gold leaves are wind and salt tolerant so useful to plant in coastal gardens. In the warmer months fragrant white flowers appear, these are followed by fleshy seed pods. Tolerant, hardy and evergreen. PVR

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aka Swamp weed

Native. A useful native groundcover that spreads by rooting stems. The tough fleshy, green to gold leaves are wind and salt tolerant so useful to plant in coastal gardens. In the warmer months fragrant white flowers appear, these are followed by fleshy seed pods. Tolerant, hardy and evergreen. PVR