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  • Artemisia
    • ‘Powis Castle’   CAG00107
      Height45cmWidth1.5mFlowering SeasonWaterL - MLightFull Sun
      CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

      A low spreading shrub. The best of the silver plants, finely dissected silver foliage forms dense weed suppressing mounds. Non flowering. Fantastic as an edging for garden beds, drives or paths in full sun. Try planting with Geranium incanum for a little added colour.

    • stelleriana   CAG00108

      (Oldwaman, Dusty miller, Beach wormwood)
      Height10cmWidth40cmFlowering SeasonSummerWaterLLightSun
      CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

      A gorgeous perennial groundcover, forming a carpet of gently lobed, white, felty leaves. Vertical stems of pale yellow, button flowers add contrast in summer but may be considered no more than a distraction.

      Native to coastal dunes of Kamchatka and Japan and demanding of impeccable drainage but delighted with exposure, high wind, salt spray and lean soil. Winter deciduous and immune to cold.

      Distinctly different, broader leaves, perhaps indicative of its greater tolerance to summer humidity than most of the silver Wormwoods, excellent on the eastern seaboard, this comes at the cost of needing some summer water in mediterranean and arid regions.

  • Asarum

    (Wild ginger)
    Aristolochiaceae

    • splendens   CAG02570

      (Chinese wild ginger, Showy sichuan ginger)
      Height20cmWidth1mFlowering SeasonSpringWaterMLightShade
      CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

      Sumptuous dark green, silver splashed, broadly arrow shaped leaves up to 20cm long are borne singly from underground spreading stolons, forming a dense ground cover in shady places or a very attractive potted specimen. Strange, brown, three pointed, starfish-like flowers can be found hiding beneath the exuberant foliage in mid to late spring. From south western China.
      Easily grown in any reasonably drained soil it usually takes a year or two to establish and is then quite vigorous, heat tolerant and not hugely demanding of water, as the lush foliage may otherwise suggest, though protection from drying winds is no doubt a necessity.

      Essentially evergreen in Perth, it can in colder areas be expected to become winter deciduous and should be perfectly cold hardy anywhere in Australia but is probably ill suited to tropical regions.

      All parts of the plant when crushed exude a mild gingery aroma, hence the common name.

  • Aster
    • divaricatus   CAG00114

      (syn. A. corymbosus)
      Height60cmWidth60cmFlowering SeasonAutumnWaterMLightFilt. Shade
      CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

      A semi-evergreen, clumping, perennial ground cover. Tall, leafy, wiry, black stems, bearing masses of small (1cm), white, daisy flowers are borne in Autumn. Much loved and grown by Gertrude Jekyll, it is one of the few asters that grow in shade and one of the most attractive shade loving ground-covers. Easily grown in most soils with adequate drainage.

  • Baccharis
    • pilularis ‘Twin Peaks’   CAG02742

      (Dwarf coyote bush)
      Height50cmWidth2mFlowering SeasonSpringWaterLLightSun
      CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

      An unexciting ground covering shrub from southern California. Forming a dense, billowing, knee deep sea of small, wax coated, holly-like, blue-green leaves on winding branches. Useful filler for median strips and verges, as a carpeting foil around tall Gums or buildings, or anywhere that Juniperus conferta (Shore Juniper) fails, being longer lived and more tolerant of drought and physical abuse and responding well to pruning while in active growth during winter.

      For any sunny not too wet site. Summer irrigation is unnecessary but is tolerated.

      A male clone, bearing mostly irrelevant, cream, powder puff flowers in spring.

  • Campanula

    (Bellflowers)
    Campanulaceae

    • ‘Elizabeth’   CAG00947
      CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

    • punctata White   CAG00148
      Height45cmWidth45cmFlowering SeasonSp - AuWaterMLightLight Shade
      CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

      A spreading evergreen perennial. Light green , pointed, oblong leaves are in small clumps to 12cm high, which spread by underground runners to form patches up to 50cm across. Tall erect stems, to 45cm, carrying large (7cm), white, pendant, bell shaped flowers, are borne during Summer. All Campanulas prefer an alkaline soil.

    • trachelium   CAG00952

      (Nettle leaved bellflower, Bats in the belfry)
      Height1.2mWidth30cmFlowering SeasonSp - SuWaterMLightLight Shade
      CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

      A perennial clumping species, non running, from Europe and Northern Africa and one of the most reliable in warmer climates. Tall, one sided spires of nodding, soft purple, bell shaped flowers tower above a clump of soft, roughly textured, narrowly heart shaped, dark green leaves that are deciduous in winter.

      Soft and romantic especially when nestled beside your favourite garden sculpture or scattered beside a secluded path.

      Easy in a sheltered but not too shady spot, morning sun would be ideal, with reasonably drained, preferably alkaline, soil where some drying out after flowering will be appreciated.

  • Cistus
  • Convolvulus
    • sabatius   CAG00823
      Height5cmWidth60cmFlowering SeasonSp - AuWaterM - LLightSun
      CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE

      A trailing, evergreen, perennial groundcover. Saucer shaped, blue-mauve flowers, 3cm across, are carried above the oval, sage green leaves, from spring until late autumn.
      An undemanding plant, requiring minimal maintenance and thriving in any sunny, well drained position.

      Superb trailing among rocks and down retaining walls, looking particularly attractive aginst limestone.
      Ideal for hanging baskets.
      Performs well in coastal conditions.

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