Botanical Name
Common Name
Eyelash flower
Plant Type
Flowers of this spiny plant is quite spectacular. Plant it as a groundcover or in areas where you do not want traffic.
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Common Name
Stalked Bulbine
Plant Type
Planted en masse they make a lovely show. They can also be used to help stabilise banks.
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Common Name
Fairy stars
Plant Type
Hardy, evergreen, flat growing, groundcover with attractive round leaves. Small starry white flowers are borne along the trailing stems.
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Common Name
Tiger's jaw
Plant Type
This little vygie stays compact which makes it ideal as a groundcover that should not be rampant.
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Common Name
Hen-and-chickens
Plant Type
Chlorophytum comosum is probably the most cultivated house plant in the world, especially the cultivars. Prefers a shady spot and makes a good groundcover.
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Plant Type
In the natural habitat of Chlorophytum modestum you will always find it in the shade of forest trees. It makes an excellent groundcover.
Botanical Name
Common Name
Wild cineraria
Plant Type
Cineraria saxifraga is a rounded perennial shrublet that can reach a height of 200 - 300mm tall. It is ideal for a mixed border or as an edging plant and can be planted in a rockery. It is often found mass planted as a groundcover.
Botanical Name
Plant Type
Crabbea aucalis, a dwarf, stemless perennial has a basal rosette and flowers virtually on ground level. A very unusual plant suitable for a rockery.
Botanical Name
Common Name
Fairy Crassula
Plant Type
Crassula multicava is a beautiful succulent groundcover that can ideally be used for mass planting under the shade of trees, in a rockery or on a retaining wall. 11it flowers in winter.
Botanical Name
Common Name
Doll's powder puff
Plant Type
The slender leaf clusters of Cyanotis speciosa arise annually from a woody rootstock. Interplant with grasses that can provide some support. It makes a lovely, colourful display.