carpeting ground cover – Mallee Design

A true carpeting ground cover: Pratia pedunculata

This is a native ground cover which sometimes gets classed as a steppable (not a real word ;)), meaning it works well between steppers and pavers and can be walked on occasionally without too much fuss. I like to use… Read more ›

08/11/2022 3 Comments

Kath Gadd

Coastal, Frost tolerant, Groundcover, Shade tolerant, Small garden

carpeting ground cover, clay soils, full sun, lawn pavers, lawn substitute, moist soil, native lawn, part shade, Pratia pedunculata, spring flowering, steppers, summer flowering, understory planting, well drained soil, white flower, wind tolerant

The almost native pig face: xDisphyllum ‘Sunburn’

Meet a new addition to the Australian native succulent family, well maybe more a half sibling or cousin, as technically this lovely green pig face is half south African ? shock horror! However there are so few Australian succulents I… Read more ›

25/10/2021 2 Comments

Kath Gadd

Coastal, Drought hardy, Groundcover, Natives for containers

bee attracting, carpeting ground cover, drought hardy, drought resistant, drought tolerant, fast growing, frost tolerant, full sun, large flower, well drained soil, wind tolerant, xDisphyllum Sunburn, year round flowering, yellow flowers

The densely layered Leptospermum rotundifolium ‘Julie Ann’

It’s no secret that I love tea trees, I forgive them for their short flowering periods and sometimes sporadic and un reliable floral displays, and this particular Tea Tree has really tested my patience. This is Leptospermum rotundifolium ‘Julie Ann’ a… Read more ›

12/10/2020

Kath Gadd

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

bee attracting, carpeting ground cover, coastal garden, dense habit, fast growing, frost tolerant, native insect attracting, pink flowers, wind tolerant

Low and Large: Grevillea ‘Cooroora Cascade’

This Grevillea ground cover always looks optimistic to me, with its large sunny gold flowers and luscious green fine leaves, it scrambles around the garden filling gaps with its happy go lucky stems. Grevillea ‘Cooroora Cascade’ is a prostrate form of… Read more ›

05/02/2020 1 Comment

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Coastal, Drought hardy, Feature shrub, Groundcover, Natives for containers

carpeting ground cover, dense habit, drought resistant, Grevillea 'Cooroora Cascade', large flower, small bird attracting, spill over, summer flowering, weeping habit, well drained soil, yellow flowers

Are native plants really drought tolerant? Casuarina ‘Cousin It’

When someone tells you they want a drought tolerant garden, what comes to mind? or you may be told a certain plant is ‘water wise’ what does this really mean? As the current drought wears on and wears thin and watering… Read more ›

30/12/2019

Kath Gadd

Coastal, Drought hardy, Frost tolerant, Groundcover, Natives for containers, Small garden

carpeting ground cover, Casuarina 'Cousin It', Casuarina glauca prostrate form, clay soils, frost tolerant, weeping habit, wind tolerant

Portfolio: Gladesville Front Garden Design

This sweet front garden was built earlier this year after a quite extensive house renovation in Gladesville, it is somewhat of a “treat” for the client and the house to have a fresh start after a year of messing building… Read more ›

22/09/2019

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Feature shrub, Groundcover, Hedge, Landscape Design, Naturalistic garden, Portfolio, Screening plants, Small tree, Winter flowering

Acacia 'Lime Magic', aildm, Anigozanthos 'Big Red', carpeting ground cover, Corten Steel, Decomposed Crushed Granite, fast growing, feature tree, foliage contrast, grey green leaves, Hardenbergia 'Flat White', Modern Australian Native Garden, Red flowers, street address, well drained soil

Portfolio: Northmead Garden Design

I was lucky enough to be asked back for some follow up advice for this charming native habitat garden in the outer suburbs of Sydney today. The renovations are finally over and the garden hasn’t faired too badly with all… Read more ›

16/09/2019

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Groundcover, Naturalistic garden, Portfolio, Screening plants, Shade tolerant, Small garden, Winter flowering

Portfolio: Woolooware Garden Design

This residential garden was designed at the beginning of 2017 and built later that year, to complete the property’s brand new modern extension. The owners had acquired some beautiful, large sandstone boulders from offsite to be used in the new… Read more ›

15/06/2019 26 Comments

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Coastal, Drought hardy, Groundcover, Landscape Design, Portfolio, Screening plants

Remember daisies make you happy! Xerochrysum ‘Dargan Hill Monarch’

I need a little cheering up today, and although I have hundreds of interesting plant and landscape design photos from my recent Victorian trip I just need to share some sunny happiness in the form of yellow native daisies, bear… Read more ›

05/02/2019

Kath Gadd

Butterfly attracting, Drought hardy, Feature shrub, Frost tolerant, Groundcover, Natives for containers

bee attracting, carpeting ground cover, Chrysocephalum apiculatum, fast growing, silver foliage, understory planting, Xerochrysum ‘Dargan Hill Monarch’, yellow flowers

Happy little rambler: Goodenia ovata ‘Goldcover’

I am a huge fan of Goodenia ovata, it is an extremely useful shrub, hardy and floriferous and now I am also going to sing the praise of its off shoot Goodenia ovata prostrate ‘Goldcover’. This little ground cover has… Read more ›

26/10/2018

Kath Gadd

Butterfly attracting, Coastal, Drought hardy, Groundcover, Shade tolerant

bee attracting, carpeting ground cover, clay soils, Goodenia ovata 'Gold Cover', Goodenia ovata prostrate, understory planting, wind tolerant, year round flowering, yellow flowers

The silver cascading Banksia ‘Roller Coaster’

This is one of the most useful native plants around, a prostrate form of the coast Banksia, Banksia integrifolia. I like to use it for covering embankments like the one in these images at the Bulli Grevillea Park. It also… Read more ›

30/09/2018

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Coastal, Drought hardy, Groundcover, Winter flowering

Banksia integrifolia 'Roller Coaster', carpeting ground cover, cut flowers, fast growing, foliage contrast, large flower, silver foliage, weeping habit, wildlife habitat, wind tolerant, yellow flowers

Portfolio: Bundeena Garden Design Revisit

I visited one of my favourite gardens today and it did not disappoint, I haven’t seen this coastal Bundeena garden for 18 months and many of the trees and shrubs have really filled out in that time. I feel so… Read more ›

20/11/2017 2 Comments

Kath Gadd

Coastal, Drought hardy, Naturalistic garden, Portfolio, Screening plants

Acacia baileyana prostrate, Acacia fimbriata Dwarf, anigozanthos 'Landscape Lime', Banksia 'Sentinel', carpeting ground cover, Casuarina 'Freefall', Casuarina 'Green Wave', Casuarina glauca prostrate form, Dodonaea 'Mr Green Screen', Eucalyptus leuhmanniana, grey green leaves, Macrozamia communis, Poa labillardieri, Rhagodia spinescens, sandy soil, silver foliage, street address, wind tolerant

Some plants are just plain tough: Melaleuca ‘Ulladulla Beacon’

I seem to be on a bit of a Melaleuca tangent of late so I am just going to go with it, Melaleucas are tough and perform beautifully under a range of conditions especially in a heavier clay soil, this… Read more ›

25/10/2017 2 Comments

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Coastal, Drought hardy, Groundcover

bird-attracting, carpeting ground cover, clay soils, Honeyeater, Melaleuca hypericifolia ‘Ulladulla Beacon’, Red flowers, water logged soils, Wattlebird, weeping habit, wildlife habitat, wind tolerant

Portfolio: Garden Design Centennial Park Update

Last week I went on a mission to visit as many of my garden design projects as possible, to collect photos and catch up. I love re-visiting these gardens especially when I am doing a little garden maintenance at the… Read more ›

25/06/2016

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Drought hardy, Formal gardens, Hedge, Portfolio

Acacia 'Burgundy Cascade', carpeting ground cover, fast growing, foliage contrast, Grevillea curviloba, Grevillea olivacea Red, Red flowers, Rhagodia spinescens, weeping habit

The colour combinations of Grevillea ‘Amber Blaze’

I am not a massive fan of the larger flower spike type of Grevilleas species, I often associate them with attracting noisy miners and rainbow lorikeets, not desirable native birds for me. However, this Winter I have had two Grevillea… Read more ›

19/06/2016

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Coastal, Feature shrub, Frost tolerant, Groundcover, Winter flowering

carpeting ground cover, fast growing, foliage contrast, Grevillea 'Amber Blaze', grey green leaves, large flower, orange flowers, weeping habit, wind tolerant

Good Old Native Daisy: Brachyscome multifida

Brachyscomes are one of those native plants that have multiple uses in a garden, they brighten up a dull corner, keep weeds at bay with their dense mounding habit and add interest and contrast to a layered mixed planting. They… Read more ›

25/04/2016

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Butterfly attracting, Drought hardy, Groundcover, Small garden

bee attracting, bird-attracting, Brachyscome multifida, carpeting ground cover, fast growing, prolific flowers, purple flowers

Sun loving Moss? Scleranthus biflorus

The common name for this species is ‘Canberra Grass’ even though it has a very un-grass-like appearance, it is commonly mistaken for a moss and makes a wonderful moss substitute in Japanese style gardens. It is happiest in a sunny position and contrasts… Read more ›

16/04/2016 14 Comments

Kath Gadd

Drought hardy, Frost tolerant, Groundcover, Natives for containers

carpeting ground cover, foliage contrast, Scleranthus biflorus, well drained soil, wind tolerant

Native Lawn Substitute: Dichondra repens

I paid a visit to one of my old garden designs last week and discovered that since I had last seen the garden it has become completely lawn free, as in grass lawn. The owner has been busily dividing up… Read more ›

23/11/2014

Kath Gadd

Drought hardy, Groundcover, Naturalistic garden, Shade tolerant

carpeting ground cover, clay soils, Dichondra repens, lawn substitute

One of my Favourite Grevillea Groundcovers: Grevillea curviloba

I have been waiting a long time to be able to photograph Grevillea curviloba in full flower, it is a favourite of mine even when not in flower. Finally, I came across two specimens in a private garden that were… Read more ›

03/11/2014

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Drought hardy, Frost tolerant, Groundcover, Naturalistic garden, Shade tolerant

bird-attracting, carpeting ground cover, Grevillea curviloba, low spreading shrub, understory planting, white flower, wildlife habitat

Myoporum Lawn: Myoporum parvifolium

I dislike lawn, not the idea of it but the maintenance aspect; mowing and edging, weeding and watering, fertilising and aerating, all this for a bit of green open space. I do like the idea of ‘green open space’ where you… Read more ›

19/08/2014 4 Comments

Kath Gadd

Coastal, Drought hardy, Formal gardens, Groundcover

carpeting ground cover, clay soils, lawn substitute, Myoporum parvifolium, white flower, wind tolerant

Groundcover grass: Themeda ‘Mingo’

I am slowly discovering all the different forms of Kangaroo grass, trust me there are more than you think! This is a blue form which is so weeping it is basically like a ground cover. Native ornamental grasses can fulfil… Read more ›

04/04/2013

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Coastal, Drought hardy, Groundcover, Ornamental grass, Shade tolerant

carpeting ground cover, fast growing, foliage contrast, grey green leaves, Modern Australian Native Garden, Themeda 'Mingo', understory planting, weeping habit, wildlife habitat

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A true carpeting ground cover: Pratia pedunculata

The almost native pig face: xDisphyllum ‘Sunburn’

The densely layered Leptospermum rotundifolium ‘Julie Ann’

Low and Large: Grevillea ‘Cooroora Cascade’

Are native plants really drought tolerant? Casuarina ‘Cousin It’

Portfolio: Gladesville Front Garden Design

Portfolio: Northmead Garden Design

Portfolio: Woolooware Garden Design

Remember daisies make you happy! Xerochrysum ‘Dargan Hill Monarch’

Happy little rambler: Goodenia ovata ‘Goldcover’

The silver cascading Banksia ‘Roller Coaster’

Portfolio: Bundeena Garden Design Revisit

Some plants are just plain tough: Melaleuca ‘Ulladulla Beacon’

Portfolio: Garden Design Centennial Park Update

The colour combinations of Grevillea ‘Amber Blaze’

Good Old Native Daisy: Brachyscome multifida

Sun loving Moss? Scleranthus biflorus

Native Lawn Substitute: Dichondra repens

One of my Favourite Grevillea Groundcovers: Grevillea curviloba

Myoporum Lawn: Myoporum parvifolium

Groundcover grass: Themeda ‘Mingo’