Native Ground Cover Carpet
Smother weeds and bare earth the natural way. These spreading natives form a dense, low groundcover carpet that needs little once established.
Plant list (19 plants)
| # | Plant | Spacing | Mature size | Light | Water |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aussie Crawl Fan Flower Scaevola 'Aussie Crawl' | — | 0.2 m H × 1.5 m W | Full Sun | Low Water |
| 2 | Bronze Rambler Grevillea Grevillea 'Bronze Rambler' | — | 0.4 m H × 4 m W | Full Sun | Drought-Tolerant |
| 3 | Coastal Cushion Banksia Banksia integrifolia 'Coastal Cushion' | — | 0.4 m H × 3 m W | Full Sun | Drought-Tolerant |
| 4 | Coastal Gem Grevillea Grevillea 'Coastal Gem' | — | 0.3 m H × 2 m W | Full Sun | Drought-Tolerant |
| 5 | Common Everlasting Chrysocephalum apiculatum | — | 0.3 m H × 0.6 m W | Full Sun | Drought-Tolerant |
| 6 | Creeping Boobialla Myoporum parvifolium | — | 0.1 m H × 2 m W | Full Sun | Low Water |
| 7 | Cut-leaf Daisy Brachyscome multifida | — | 0.3 m H × 0.8 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Low Water |
| 8 | Fairy Fan-flower Scaevola aemula 'Purple Fanfare' | — | 0.3 m H × 1 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Low Water |
| 9 | Gold Cluster Grevillea Grevillea 'Gold Cluster' | — | 0.4 m H × 2 m W | Full Sun | Drought-Tolerant |
| 10 | Hop Goodenia Goodenia ovata 'Gold Cover' | — | 0.3 m H × 1.5 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade, Full Shade | Low Water |
| 11 | Matted Dampiera Dampiera diversifolia | — | 0.1 m H × 1.5 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Low Water |
| 12 | Matted Pratia Lobelia pedunculata | — | 0.05 m H × 1 m W | Part Shade, Full Sun, Full Shade | Moist / Regular |
| 13 | Meema Native Lilac Hardenbergia violacea 'Meema' | — | 0.5 m H × 1.5 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Low Water |
| 14 | Mundi Coastal Rosemary Westringia fruticosa 'Mundi' | — | 0.3 m H × 2 m W | Full Sun | Drought-Tolerant |
| 15 | Native Violet Viola hederacea | — | 0.1 m H × 1 m W | Part Shade, Full Shade | Moist / Regular |
| 16 | Poorinda Royal Mantle Grevillea Grevillea 'Poorinda Royal Mantle' | — | 0.5 m H × 5 m W | Full Sun, Part Shade | Low Water |
| 17 | Silver Sunburst Chrysocephalum apiculatum 'Silver Sunburst' | — | 0.3 m H × 1 m W | Full Sun | Drought-Tolerant |
| 18 | Tar Bush 'Kalbarri Carpet' Eremophila glabra 'Kalbarri Carpet' | — | 0.4 m H × 2 m W | Full Sun | Drought-Tolerant |
| 19 | Woolly Grevillea Grevillea lanigera | — | 0.5 m H | Full Sun, Part Shade | Drought-Tolerant |
How to use this plan
- Mark out your bed and set plants out (still in pots) using the spacing column.
- Place taller and wider plants to the back or centre, lower plants to the front or edges.
- Group by light and water needs so each plant gets the right conditions.
- Plant, mulch, water in well — then tick each plant off as you go.
Bed location
Date planted