leptinella ground cover
Looking for a unique, low-growing, and easy-care option for your garden? Leptinella ground cover is an excellent choice for New Zealand gardeners who want something both beautiful and tough. This distinctive genus is revered for its fern-like foliage, compact growth habit, and remarkable ability to fill spaces with lush texture. Leptinella ground cover adapts to a variety of locations: from gaps between paving stones to shaded woodland borders, and even as an alternative to traditional turf lawns. With multiple forms and foliage colours available, it’s easy to find the perfect Leptinella for your landscape. This easy-going plant thrives in our local climate, making it a favourite in New Zealand groundcover gardens for years.
Pimelea prostrata 'Blue Peter'
Pimelea prostrata 'Blue Peter', commonly known as Pinatoro or the NZ Daphne plant, is a mat-forming, NZ native, ground cover plant. It has small, blue foliage which becomes adorned with fragrant, white flowers in spring and results in white berries. This evergreen typically grows to 10 cm tall and 50 cm wide. Pimelea prostrata 'Blue Peter' is commonly used as a groundcover, added to coastal plantings, included in rock gardens, planted around outdoor living areas, grown on a bank, or positioned so it can spill out over a path or over a wall.
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Leptinella dioica
Leptinella dioica (Bachelor Button Plant) is a low growing evergreen groundcover valued for its fine fern like foliage and ability to create a dense carpet of greenery. The attractive foliage provides year round texture and softens pathways, rock gardens, and garden edges. Its spreading habit and hardy nature make it an excellent choice for filling gaps between paving stones and covering difficult areas. Leptinella dioica (Bachelor Button Plant) performs well in New Zealand conditions and requires very little maintenance once established.
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