lawn substitute – 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

Portfolio: Garden Design Mount Keira

Last Friday I completed the first stage of planting for this local project I have been working on in Mt Keira this year. I have written about this garden already as it is a very interesting brief, using only local… Read more ›

07/12/2015

Kath Gadd

Groundcover, Illawarra natives, Landscape Design, Naturalistic garden, Portfolio, Shade tolerant

creek planting, driveway, Hibbertia dentata, lawn pavers, lawn substitute, Microlaena stipoides, Oplismenus aemulus, parking area, rainforest species, turf pavers, understory planting

Illawarra native garden full of fresh ideas!

I visited the native garden of a passionate native plant lover last week to grab some inspiring photos and ideas; and the garden did not disapoint. This is the 4 th native garden for the owner and she began building… Read more ›

28/10/2015 2 Comments

Kath Gadd

Feature shrub, Formal gardens, Hedge, Medium Tree, Screening plants, Shade tolerant, Small garden, Small tree

Acacia 'Little Nugget', Australian Native Garden, Backhousia myrtifolia, Banksia serrata, Buckinghamia celsissima, Callicoma serratifolia, Eucalyptus 'Dwarf Orange', feature tree, lawn substitute, Leucophyta brownii, Melaleuca hypericifolia, Olearia tomentosa, Planchonella australis, rainforest species, Westringia 'Smokey'

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

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

Australian Plant Society Open Gardens: Collins Garden Gymea

This garden was at the end of my garden visiting trail, the kids were getting grotty and I was beginning to think we should just head home. However persevering paid off, as soon as my son and I entered the… Read more ›

19/09/2013 2 Comments

Kath Gadd

Groundcover, Kids gardens, Naturalistic garden

Banksia serrata, Dendrobium speciosum, Doryanthes excelsa, large flower, lawn substitute, Microlaena stipoides, Omalanthus populifolius, Prostanthera incisa, purple flowers, understory planting

Crazy Carpeting Grevillea ground-covers

OK so these two Grevilleas are a bit famous for going wild in the best way possible of course! They are fast growing and will cover a really large area, plus they are hardy and flower a lot. What more… Read more ›

28/05/2013

Kath Gadd

Bird attracting, Coastal, Drought hardy, Groundcover

clay soils, Grevillea 'Bronze Rambler', Grevillea 'Gin Gin Gem', lawn substitute, Red flowers, wind tolerant

Hot Candy!

This is my favourite Brachyscome at the moment, not for its tacky name (where do they get them from???), but for its running habit and thick leaf. Brachsyscome ‘Hot Candy’ is seen here growing in part shade and still flowering… Read more ›

13/05/2013

Kath Gadd

Coastal, Drought hardy, Groundcover

Brachyscome 'Hot Candy', lawn substitute, pink flowers, understory planting, weed suppressant

Weed suppression with ground covers

Here are a few ground covers that can go absolutely rampant but in a great way! The first one is Kennedia rubicunda growing as a bit of a spill over to cover up an embankment. This will grow in quite… Read more ›

29/01/2013

fantastic

Groundcover, Naturalistic garden

Hardenbergia violacea, Kennedia rubicunda, lawn substitute, Myoporum fine leaf

Carpeting groundcover

Myopororum parvifolium is seen here as a layered dense ground cover planted on mass that is also a spill over. Here it is also working as a lawn substitute, and would be lovely to play or lay on.

24/01/2013

fantastic

Coastal, Drought hardy, Groundcover

fast growing, lawn substitute, Myoporum parvifolium, spill over, weeping habit, white flower, wind tolerant

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A true carpeting ground cover: Pratia pedunculata

Portfolio: Garden Design Mount Keira

Illawarra native garden full of fresh ideas!

Native Lawn Substitute: Dichondra repens

Myoporum Lawn: Myoporum parvifolium

Australian Plant Society Open Gardens: Collins Garden Gymea

Crazy Carpeting Grevillea ground-covers

Hot Candy!

Weed suppression with ground covers

Carpeting groundcover