Groundcovers - Just Arrived
Unique, strange, fun! This plant has a character all of its own, with fine 'hairy' strands of evergreen cascading foliage. Use as a groundcover or feature plant in rockeries, where it will spread to 1.5m across but only 30cm high. Excellent weed suppression, low maintenance. Evergreen
Casuarina Cousin It
Current Stock Height: 5/10 cm ?
Container: 2.5l ?
$29.99
aka California Lilac
An attractive spreading evergreen shrub which features sparkling clusters of dark blue flowers in late spring. The shiny foliage turns a deeps ebony shade during winter, changing to dark chocolate-green during spring and summer. Quite hardy and tolerant of wind and cold. PVR 1334.
This is a very useful shrub for cascading over walls and banks. Benefits from a trim every now and then (after flowering) to encourage healthy new growth. Very striking in full flower.
Ceanothus Blue Sapphire
Current Stock Height: 25/35 cm ?
Container: 2.5l ?
$29.99
Deep blue, funnel like flowers are found in abundance on this low maintenance ground cover. Trail it over rocks and walls or would look great trailing from hanging pots. Dense neat habit. Evergreen perennial.
Convolvulous Blue Moon
Current Stock Height: 10/15 cm ?
Container: 2l ?
$26.99
aka Sand Dune Coprosma
NZ Native. This form was discovered on cliffs near Hawera. It is a ground hugging native that forms a tight mat of small narrow olive green leaves. Excellent landscape plant for covering large areas of ground. Hardy, tolerant of cold and wind. Evergreen.
Coprosma Hawera
Current Stock Height: 5/10 cm ?
Container: 0.5l ?
$9.99
Coprosma Hawera
Expected Stock Height: 5/10 cm ?
New stock expected End of August, 2024. Waitlist now. Estimated price $21.99. Payment on order.
Excellent Silver leaved plant for hanging Baskets., groundcover or in a pot mixture. A vigorous cascading grower that performs best in full sun position being very drought and heat tolerant recovering quickly if wilting occurs. Expect a long season with this beauty.
Dichondra Silver Falls
Current Stock Height: 0/5 cm ?
Container: 1l ?
$14.99
This plant will soon be in stock and can be pre-purchased now.
Dichondra Silver Falls
Current Stock Height: 0/5 cm ?
Container: 2.4l ?
$22.99
aka Hebe or Veronica
This Hebe has a low spreading habit making it useful as a ground-cover. The small dark green leaves and attractive burgundy tones which deepen in cooler weather. Pretty racemes of bright pink flowers appear in abundance in autumn and winter. Plant in a sunny well drained spot. Evergreen.
Hebe Pretty N Pink
Current Stock Height: 10/15 cm ?
Container: 2.5l ?
$26.99
aka Trailing Juniper
This groundcover with smoky blue-green foliage looks great year-round. Thrives in hot, dry locations where other plants might fail. Slow growing, low maintenance, disease free and very easy to grow.Cold weather gives the foliage a plum colored cast. Evergreen
Juniperus Blue Rug
Current Stock Height: 5/10 cm ?
Container: 5l ?
$34.99
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.
Muehlenbeckia Astonii
Current Stock Height: 30/40 cm ?
Container: 2.4l ?
$24.99
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.
Muehlenbeckia Axillaris
Current Stock Height: 0/10 cm ?
Container: 2.4l ?
$24.99
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.
Pratia Treadwell
Current Stock Height: 0/5 cm ?
Container: 1.5l ?
$14.99
aka Star Jasmine
In my opinion one of the best evergreen climbers available to gardeners. Leathery glossy green leaves that have tones of red in winter and myriads of little white star shaped flowers in summer. Wonderfully fragrant. Easy to grow. Can be used as a sprawling ground-cover too.
Trachelospermum Jasminoides
Current Stock Height: 30/50 cm ?
Container: 1.5l ?
$14.99
Trachelospermum Jasminoides
Expected Stock Height: 60/70 cm ?
New stock expected End of August, 2024. Waitlist now. Estimated price $36.99. Payment on order.
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