ground cover banksia
Searching for a low-growing, beautiful, and hardy solution for your garden bank or embankment? Ground cover banksia is an ideal choice for gardeners across New Zealand looking to prevent erosion, cover unsightly patches, and add year-round colour and texture to their landscape. These native Australian gems provide stunning foliage and blooms while thriving in tough conditions, making them a smart, sustainable option for residential gardens, rural properties, and coastal environments alike.
Muehlenbeckia complexa (Pohuehue)
Muehlenbeckia complexa (Pohuehue) is a vigorous, hardy NZ native climber or groundcover. It features wiry, twining stems and small, glossy green leaves that create dense coverage. Growing up to 4 m wide and 2 m high, it’s perfect for fences, banks, or walls. Pohuehue tolerates wind, salt spray, and dry conditions once established. Small, white flowers are followed by black berries, attracting birds and making it an excellent choice for both erosion control and biodiversity.
From $20.63
Coprosma kirkii 'variegata'
Coprosma kirkii 'Variegata' is a hardy NZ native groundcover shrub admired for its trailing habit and attractive variegated foliage of green edged with cream. This evergreen plant provides year round colour and texture while suppressing weeds and covering bare ground. Naturally tough and adaptable, it thrives in coastal conditions, exposed sites, and light frost. Coprosma kirkii 'Variegata' is both practical and decorative in NZ gardens and landscapes.
From $16.95
