Eremophilas as ground cover: Eremophila ‘Kalbarri Carpet’

Coastal, Drought hardy, Frost tolerant, Groundcover, Winter flowering

I have been experimenting more and more with Eremophilas, starting off with the easy to grow ones like Eremophila maculata in its many forms, but this one here, that is super hardy even in humidity and clay soils, is by far my favourite.

I am quite obsessed with silver and grey foliage,I can’t get enough of it in my own garden and use it quite a lot in my designs to brighten up an area or provide contrast to the green on green of many plantings.

So this is Eremophila glabra yellow prostrate, the flowers are quite showy and stand out from a distance against the silver leaves. It will even take a little shade if pushed. Here it has been planted with other silver leaf species, see what a beautiful carpet it makes?

Posted

01/03/2013

Coastal, Drought hardy, Frost tolerant, Groundcover, Winter flowering

Kath Gadd

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eremophila ‘Kalbarri Carpet’, Eremophila glabra prostrate, foliage contrast, Quick growing, silver foliage, WA, well drained soil, wind tolerant, yellow flowers

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2 responses to “Eremophilas as ground cover: Eremophila ‘Kalbarri Carpet’”

Anna

23/07/2025

Hi Kath, LOVE your blog so much! I have two 1.5-year-old Kalbarri Carpet Prostrate where the area around the main stem is empty and the stems are leggy but bushy on the ends. Should I have been pruning more proactively when they were small? Or is this caused by too much shade?

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1. Kath Gadd
  
  18/08/2025
  
  Thanks Anna,
  Eremophila ‘Kalbarri Karpet’ does seem to get a bare patch in the middle regardless of how much sun it gets, regular pruning would definitely help this problem. If you have never pruned it maybe just try a few of the stems which a bare close to the middle and see if you can encourage some new growth.
  Worth a try,
  Kath
  
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