low ground cover plants
Looking to create a lush, living carpet in your garden? Low ground cover plants are the ideal choice for gardeners wanting to fill bare patches with greenery, suppress weeds, and add texture without overwhelming their landscape. These compact performers thrive in our New Zealand conditions, offering variety in form, colour, and function. Whether you need hardy, sun-loving foliage or resilient shade options, a few well-selected low ground cover plants can transform beds, borders, and even tricky spots beneath trees into beautiful, easy-care zones. This guide explores the best low ground cover plants for your garden, highlighting species that deliver maximum impact with minimal maintenance.
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.
From $18.63
Selliera 'Sundrops'
Selliera 'Sundrops' is a tough low growing ground cover valued for its glossy green foliage and cheerful yellow daisy flowers that appear through the warmer months. This hardy plant performs exceptionally well in New Zealand gardens, especially in coastal and exposed sites. It is ideal for gardeners wanting a reliable low maintenance ground cover with colour. Selliera 'Sundrops' spreads neatly to suppress weeds while adding brightness and texture to garden spaces.
From $20.01
