low growing camellias
Low growing camellias offer the perfect blend of elegant, glossy foliage and stunning blooms for gardeners who love year-round interest without the height. Unlike their taller cousins, these compact varieties are well suited to smaller gardens, edging paths, planting beneath windows, or shaping into lush evergreen hedges. With their excellent tolerance for pruning and robust constitution, low growing camellias are a fantastic choice for garden beds, pots, or even as foundation plants.
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 pusilla (Purple Brass Buttons)
Leptinella pusilla is a low growing evergreen groundcover valued for its delicate fern like foliage and ability to form a dense carpet of greenery. The fine textured leaves create year round interest and help soften pathways, rock gardens, and garden edges. Its spreading habit and hardy nature make it ideal for filling gaps between paving stones and covering difficult areas. Leptinella pusilla performs exceptionally well in New Zealand conditions and requires very little maintenance once established.
