fast ground cover plants
Looking for fast ground cover plants to quickly transform your garden? Whether you need to suppress weeds, stabilise soil, or simply add a lush carpet of green, the right ground cover can make all the difference. Rapid-growing ground covers are ideal for New Zealand’s varied conditions, providing quick results and year-round charm. Discover the best options for brightening up bare patches, covering difficult slopes, or creating pathways through your garden, all while saving time and reducing maintenance.
Grevillea Bronze Rambler (Groundcover Grevillea)
Grevillea Bronze Rambler, commonly known as Spider Flower, is a colourful, prostrate shrub grown for its foliage and flowers. The flowers produced from winter through spring are dark pink and spider like in appearance. The foliage comprises finely textured, dark green leaves which emerge a bronze colour and are held on purple stems as it grows to 60 cm tall and 1.5 m wide. Grevillea Bronze Rambler is commonly used as a groundcover, included in a mixed planting, added to a tropical garden, maintained in a container, or mass planted around larger trees or on a bank.
Ajuga reptans variegata
Ajuga reptans 'Variegata' is a quick-growing, ground-covering plant that features colourful leaves that are variegated green and cream. In spring, it produces showy clusters of blue flowers as it grows to 20 cm in height and 50 cm in width. Ajuga reptans' Variegata' is an excellent variety for quickly covering large areas and is often used in borders, allowed to spill out over a path, planted around outdoor living areas, or maintained in a container.
From $17.48
