Gardening Australia – September 2019

DESIGN

TRAILINGPRATIA

(Pratiapedunculata)

Spreadingwithundergroundstolons,this

nativegroundcovercreatesagreencarpet

withstarrywhitetopalemauveflowersin

springandsummer.Itsurviveslightfrost

andgrowsbestinmoist,loamysoil.

1–5cm 50cm–1m

TSTW CT

TRAILINGBELLFLOWER

(Campanulaposcharskyana)

Heart-shapedleavesarefestoonedwith

mauve,star-shapedflowersinspringto

earlysummer.Thisperenniallikesmoist,

well-drainedsoilandmorningsun.

8–15cm 45–60cm

TSTW CT

GREYCOTTONHEAD

(Conostyliscandicans)

Featuresstrappygreyfoliageandyellow

flowersfromwintertosummer.Good

drainageisessentialbutthisnativewill

withstandfrost,droughtandpoorsoils.

30cm 30cm

AWT

MOSESINTHECRADLE

(Tradescantiaspathacea)

Aclumpingsucculentplantwithboldpink,

purpleandgreenleaves,andsmallwhite

flowersinboat-shapedbracts.Protectit

fromfrost,andfromsuninhotclimates.

Itiseasilydamagedandonlysuitsedges.

20cm 25cm

TSTAWT

BUGLEFLOWER

(Ajugareptans)

Glossyroundedfoliageformsadensemat

withspreadingstolons.Namedvarieties

include‘Purpurea’(greenandburgundy),

‘BlackScallop’(darkburgundytoblack)

and‘BurgundyLace’(green,creamand

burgundy).Allhaveblueflowerspikesin

spring,toleratesomefrostandfoottraffic,

andwithstandsunwithamplemoisture.

10–20cm 45cm

TSTW CT GA

FROMTOP

Walkingalonga path

plantedwithCorsicanmint

isa sensoryexperience,as

theplantreleasesa minty

fragrancewhenit iscrushed;

ymusserpyllumwillputup

withsomefoottrac;scented

prostraterosemaryinbloom

withlilac-blueowers.

5 more o consider

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PHOTOS

KIM WOODS RABBIDGE, ISTOCK, GAP PHOTOS/LYNN KEDDIE