Groundhugging shrubs.

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On dry ground Betula nana forms low, creeping plants. Here with a lichen.

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Fermi de Sousa's picture

Sun, 08/14/2016 - 7:29am

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cohan wrote:

Fermi [Teucrium subspinosum] -looks good- are the bulbs able to push through it?

Cohan,

this colchicum is a bit too small to get through cheeky

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This Reticulata Iris 'Harmony' is also finding a bit difficult now that the Teucrium has overgrown it,

Iris 'Harmony'piercing Teucrium subspinosum

cheers

fermi

Fermi de Sousa's picture

Mon, 10/24/2016 - 6:26am

The Halimium lasianthum ssp formosum is flowering well

Halimium lasianthum formosum 'Yellow Sun'

It will quickly outgrow its allotted space so may need to be moved!

cheers

fermi

Trond Hoy's picture

Sat, 08/17/2013 - 11:37am

Lori, your form of Linnaea looks very gardenworthy even when the flowers are gone!

Trond Hoy's picture

Sat, 08/17/2013 - 11:34am

Fermi, although some species of Teucrium is native here I suppose I can't grow this T subspinosum. What a pity!

Richard T. Rodich's picture

Tue, 10/21/2014 - 8:06pm

What would you guess the age is on that one, then?

It must have grown a little faster when young...?

Robert Nold's picture

Tue, 10/21/2014 - 8:23pm

Say twenty years old. The whole plant is about 20cm across. 

Not like this one, for sure. http://www.plantarium.ru/page/image/id/102069.html  (This is a link to a website for people who have the self-control to be able to enjoy pictures of plants and not want every single one of them, so be forewarned.)

 

Bob

Richard T. Rodich's picture

Sat, 02/07/2015 - 8:49am

Kingsville is the cutest thing!  Fifteen years ago I had two in troughs.  Mine were even tighter growing, and made great natural bonsai.  I never decided on a reason why one winter they both up and died....

Trond Hoy's picture

Sun, 02/08/2015 - 1:38am

I didn't even know something like that existed! Neither that any Buxus was that hardy.

Fermi de Sousa's picture

Thu, 12/10/2015 - 3:42am

This little Indigofera pseudotinctoria is relatively new and is very prostrate so it may fit the category of "ground-hugging" but time will tell!

Indigofera pseudotinctoriaIndigofera pseudotinctoriaIndigofera pseudotinctoria

cheers

fermi

Lori S.'s picture

Fri, 12/11/2015 - 9:35am

No experience at all with Indigofera.... are the stems woody?

Fermi de Sousa's picture

Wed, 12/16/2015 - 8:19pm

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No experience at all with Indigofera.... are the stems woody?

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Hi Lori,

this specimen is very young so the stems don't appear woody yet. Other species that I've grown have developed woody stems,

cheers

fermi

Fermi de Sousa's picture

Mon, 03/07/2016 - 3:37pm

With time the indigofera has certainly spread out and is ground-hugging!

Indigofera with penstemon and nepeta

And, yes, Al, there are definitely pods formingsmiley

cheers

fermi

Fermi de Sousa's picture

Sun, 03/20/2016 - 7:04am

This shrubby, prostrate form of Artemisia has been grown for a long time in Australia as A. schmidtiana "Nana" but apparently that is a herbaceous species so it's possible what we have is A. caucasica but no one is prepared to say for sure!

zephyranthes growing through Artemisia caucasica

cheers

fermi

Fermi de Sousa's picture

Sun, 04/10/2016 - 5:23am

Another association of Artemisia (maybe) caucasica - this time with the autumn flowering Oxalis flava in its mauve form

Artemisia caucasica with Oxalis flava

cheers

fermi

Fermi de Sousa's picture

Sun, 07/17/2016 - 1:32am

Grevillea lanigera "Mt Tamboritha form" has slowly molded itself round the rocks it grows amongst,

Grevillea lanigera "Mt Tamboritha form"Grevillea lanigera "Mt Tamboritha form"Grevillea lanigera "Mt Tamboritha form"

cheers

fermi

Fermi de Sousa's picture

Fri, 07/29/2016 - 2:57am

This Australian native plant Pomaderris obcordata 'Mallee Princess' is quite low and ground hugging but was severely "pruned" by the parrots a couple of years ago so that may be why it has stayed compact!

Pomaderris obcordata 'Mallee Princess'Pomaderris obcordata 'Mallee Princess'Pomaderris obcordata 'Mallee Princess'Pomaderris obcordata 'Mallee Princess'

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fermi

Richard T. Rodich's picture

Mon, 10/24/2016 - 3:12pm

That is a cutie.  But by the flowering time, I assume it blooms on old wood?  Of course, the ulterior motive here is if it would be good as a root hardy perennial in cold climates.

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