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Silver Inch Plant

Silver Inch Plant
Photo: Sheldon Navie
Invasive Plant
Silver Inch Plant
Tradescantia zebrina
 

Vigorous trailing evergreen perennial forming a dense mat up to 50cm thick. Succulent brittle stems with tightly held purple foliage that has distinct silver stripes running along each leaf. Small white flowers are produced intermittently throughout the year. Very invasive.

 

HOW IT SPREADS

  • The plant is spread vegetatively through dumping of garden waste, water movement and mowing.
  • Reproduction can occur from the smallest piece of stem so effective disposal is paramount.
 
 
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Other superior selections include;

  • Cissus rhombifolia - Grape Ivy
  • Myoporum parvifolium - Creeping Boobialla
  • Myoporum boninense subsp. australe - Coastal Boobialla

Ask your local retailer for more superior selections

 

Alternative Plants

Native Sarsaparillas
Photo: © immij pty ltd
Alternative Plant Native Sarsaparillas
Hardenbergia violacea cultivars
Climbing and Ground Cover Plants
 

A popular and generally hardy groundcover plant. Violet-Lilac pea shaped flowers cover the plant in winter and spring. Many new cultivars have been developed with white and pink flowers as well as different growth habits, some forming neat, rounded, low growing bushes.

Native Violet
Photo: Macbird Floraprint
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.

Variegated Star Jasmine
Photo: Norwood
Alternative Plant Variegated Star Jasmine
Trachelospermum jasminoides 'Tricolor'
Climbing and Ground Cover Plants
 

This groundcover plant has green and white foliage with pink new growth. Slow growing at first, it soon establishes a thick colourful mat which looks great all year. It is extremely hardy and bears fragrant white star flowers in Spring-Summer.

 
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