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Creeping Inch Plant

Creeping Inch Plant
Photo: Sheldon Navie
Invasive Plant
Creeping Inch Plant
Callisia repens
 

Small dense ground cover with fleshy creeping stems that are heavily branched and set root at each node. Foliage is thick, green and with a purplish tinge and undersides. Flowers are white with papery bracts produced in the warmer months. Seed is produced and held in oblong capsules.

 

HOW IT SPREADS

  • The seeds are dispersed by wind and water.
  • The plant easily re-grows from small stem pieces through the dumping of garden waste.
 
 
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Other superior selections include;

  • Myoporum boninense subsp. australe - Coastal Boobialla
  • Pelargonium spp - Geraniums

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Alternative Plants

Creeping Boobialla
Photo: immij floramedia
Alternative Plant Creeping Boobialla
Myoporum parvifolium
Climbing and Ground Cover Plants
 

This evergreen, hardy Australian native forms a dense, weed suppressing ground cover that will easily cover one square metre. This species thrives if grown in freely-drained soil and full-sun. The flowers are white or pink and occur from winter to summer. Sweet fleshy fruits provide food for native birds.

Dwarf Native Sarsaparilla
Photo: Norwood Industries
Alternative Plant Dwarf Native Sarsaparilla
Hardenbergia violacea 'Mini Haha'
Climbing and Ground Cover Plants
 

This dense low growing groundcover has thick mid-green foliage, growing 30-50cm high and up to 1 metre wide. In late winter and into spring the plant is covered in spikes of vivid deep violet pea shaped flowers. Whilst this is a hardy groundcover, it will need some protection from heavier frosts. It will tolerate dry conditions but does best with some soil moisture.

Native Violet
Photo: immij floramedia
Alternative Plant Native Violet
Viola hederacea
Climbing and Ground Cover Plants
 

Rounded glossy leaves form a thick mat of foliage to 15cm high. Beautiful lilac and white violet flowers form on short stalks and cover the plant in the warmer months. This plant performs best with some protection from full sun.

 
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