Some groundcovers are classed as perennials.
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ARENARIA MONTANA
(White Dove)
Stems are prostrate, leaves are tiny, flowers are white and 5 petalled. Ideal as a groundcover in a rock garden.
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ARMERIA MARITIMA
(White & Pink Thrift)
Perennial plant, clump forming, stems are slender,
wiry, leaves are greyish green and slender, flowers are white to deep pink with rounded heads. Also available in variegated foliage flowers being a cluster of pom, poms. Ideal for a border plant.
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AJUGA
(Burgundy
Lace)
Good ground cover that is perennial, stems are prostrate, burgundy,
cream and pink foliage. Has sky blue flowers in the spring.
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BACOPA
(Snowflake)
Perennial ground cover, growing prostrate and creeping, branching and rooting at the nodes, leaves are ovate to oblong and thick, flowers being white or blue and tubular with expanding lobes. The white one is grown mainly in Tasmania. The plant being frost tender, does well in coastal areas.
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BRACHYCOMBE MULTIFIDA
(Bright Eyes)
A low growing perennial with blue daisy flowers, stem is smooth and tufted, leaves are divided. Available in white, pink and mauve/blue.
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BRACHYCOME MULTI
(Break of Day)
A low growing perennial with blue daisy like flowers but finer foliage. Ideal rockery plant.
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CALOCEPHALUS BROWNII
(Cushion Bush)
Evergreen shrub grows to a height of 0.6m x 0.5m. the stem slim with numerous branches, looking tangled and rounded in shape, leaves are silvery white, narrow and tiny, flowers are yellow and small. Frost, drought and salt spray resistant.
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CAMPANULA CARPATICA White
Low growing plant ideal for rockery or hanging baskets, flowers are large and white cup shaped, blooms during summer.
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CAMPANULA MURALIS
A perennial ground cover, stems are trailing and spreading, flowers are deep blue, bell shaped. Ideal for rockeries and hanging baskets. |
CAMPANULA POSCHARSKYANA
Ground cover that is perennial, stems are erect and tuft forming, leaves are narrow oval and hairy, flowers are lavender blue, star shaped. Flowers in spring through to summer. Ideal for rockeries and hanging baskets.
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CERASTIUM TOMENTOSUM
(Snow in summer)
Can be used as a ground cover, a perennial that has a dense surface with white star to daisy flowers, has very small grey leaves.
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COTONEASTER DAMMERI
Evergreen shrub, grows prostrate, stem is low and spreading, leaves are glossy green, flowers are white, fruit, bright scarlet berries.
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COTONEASTER HORIZONTALIS
(Variegated)
Deciduous small shrub, stem is slender and trailing, leaves are glossy green, flowers are pinkish-white, the fruit has scarlet berries. A shrub that spreads, ideal as ground cover.
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DIANTHUS ALPINUS Mixed
(Pink)
Stems are jointed and short, leaves of green, flowers single pink with frilly edging. Ideal as a rockery plant or general purpose.
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DIMORPHOTHECA EKLONII White Form
(Star Flower)
Excellent plant for rockeries and borders. Flowers are an unusual daisy, the white flower has a dark contrasting centre. Flowers for a long time. Perennial.
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DIMORPHOTHECA
Prostrate Purple
A lovely trailing ground cover, with rich purple flowers like a daisy that blooms for a long period of time.
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EWARTIA MEREDITHAE
(Tasmanian Edelweiss)
Native of Tasmania, prefers sunny position, frost resistant. Evergreen ground cover, stem being erect and flowering, leaves silvery grey and small, occuring in tiny rosettes, flowers are small, white and daisy like.
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GOODENIA LANATA
Native of Tasmania. NSW & Vic. Evergreen groundcover or shrub, stem is matting and woolly, leaves being ovate, petioled, with lobed or coarsely serrate margins and approx.7 cm long, flowers are yellow, fan shaped and solitary in late spring to summer. Plant likes a sunny position and is frost resistant.
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MESEMBRYANTHEMUM
Bright Orange (Pig Face)
Pretty orange flowers, succulent stems, leaves are greyish green, flowers are daisy like, and open in the full sun.
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RODANTHE
(Paper Cascade Daisy)
Many of ruby red buds open into a wonderful display of white star-shaped papery flowers in late winter and early spring. Foliage is grey green in colour and has a weeping effect. Excellent groundcover and lovely in a hanging basket.
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SCAEVOLA CALENDULACEA
(Dune Fan Flower)
Native of Tasmania, NSW, Vic, Qld, SA, evergreen shrub/groundcover, stems prostrate, dense plant with a massed display of vivid blue-mauve flowers.
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SCHIZOCENTRON ELEGANS
(Spanish Shawl)
Perennial, stems are creeping, slender, reddish, dense, leaves are dark green flowers are deep purple. Looks good in a hanging basket.
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VERBENA ERINOIDES
(Moss Verbena)
Stems are sprawling and branching, leaves are
dark green and small, flowers are pink.
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