Ground cover

African club moss

African club moss

A small, fern groundcover with long, fine roots and creeping, slender, irregularly 'stems'.

Aluminium plant

Aluminium plant

Grows rapidly to cover large areas of ground with a thick mat of hairy, silvery-grey patched leaves. 

Cape ivy

Cape ivy

A scrambling perennial, forming a dense tangled shrub, with wiry woody stems.

Heather

Heather

Bushy evergreen tough shrub with woody, wiry stems and pink to pale purple flowers.

Horse nettle

Horse nettle

Horse nettle is extremely invasive and hard to kill and all parts of the plant are poisonous.

Houttuynia

Houttuynia

Heart shaped leaves that are variegated cream, green, bronze, and scarlet.

Mouse ear hawkweed

Mouse ear hawkweed

Pale lemon-yellow flower heads (October to February) with leaves which lie flat to the ground.

Periwinkle

Periwinkle

Scrambling with green trailing stems and blue-violet flowers appear from January to December.

Plectranthus

Plectranthus

The plant stems covered in purple hairs and it has white flowers with purple dots inside  (December to August)

Ragwort

Ragwort

Ragwort has bright yellow daisy-like flowers in spring and also has an unpleasant smell when crushed.

Snow poppy

Snow poppy

A low growing, ground cover. Has leaves with scalloped edges that are leathery to the touch.

Spiny emex

Spiny emex

This plant is a major pest in parts of Australia where it is commonly called ‘doublegee’. 

Tradescantia

Tradescantia

Originally from south-east Brazil and Argentina, it will grow almost anywhere, making it very invasive.