Groundhugging shrubs.

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

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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

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

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....

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

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

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

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

[quote=Lori S.]

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

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

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fermi

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

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

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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