Re: trailing plant with white flowers
- Subject: Re: trailing plant with white flowers
- From: d* f* <d*@yahoo.com>
- Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 14:39:11 -0800 (PST)
None of these are as low growing as the Phyla nodiflora, but will give you the
showy white blooms... I am not sure whether Lantana montevidensis 'Alba' is
appreciative of limestone or alkaline soils, but it is certainly a tough, widely
spreading and drought tolerant semi-woody ground covering showy plant, and would
love the heat in your area. It doesn't tend to root as it spreads, however, but
is certainly fast to cover ground. Would you consider silvery foliage as an
acceptable substitute for white flowers? Artemisia 'Powis Castle' or A.
pycnocephala 'David's Choice' would also do well. One of the more trailing type
Cistus varieties such as C. salvifolius 'Prostratus' should also handle your
conditions. It may not be politically correct to talk about roses for such a
situation, but if given water in summer, certainly one of the landscape type
commercial hybrids would give a long and showy bloom season as well. There are
also silver foliaged trailing Gazania cultivars with white flowers, but the
Gazanias in my experience then not to be super long lived plants, and will need
to be replaced after 3 to 5 years. White flowered forms of Pelargonium peltatum
might also work for you. I would also highly recommend the Dichondra argentea
if silver foliage on a low growing flat yet rooting ground cover is acceptable.
It does tend to go dormant/thin out in areas that get wet and/or cold winters,
though. Another incredibly easy rooting/spreading succulent ground cover would
be the white flowered form of Aptenia cordifolia, or the winter blooming Iberis
sempervirens.
----- Original Message ----
From: LIZ RUNCIMAN <lizr@bigpond.net.au>
To: Medit-Plants <medit-plants@ucdavis.edu>
Sent: Mon, December 20, 2010 6:06:59 PM
Subject: Re: trailing plant?
Myoporum parvifolium is really tough in a coastal situation but its white
flowers are insignificant. I have also found Convolvulus sabatius to be useful
in this situation too, although its flowers are purple. Lovely with purple iris
growing through it.
Liz
South Australia
On 20/12/2010, at 9:30 PM, Gill.cei@wanadoo.fr wrote:
> Flowers aren't much but foliage is nice on Dichondra argentea? It will self
>seed.
>
> Gill Pound
> Nr Carcassonne,
> S France
>
>>> On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 9:16 AM, Pamela Steele
>>> <pamela.steele@re-taste.com> wrote:
>>>> Can anyone recommend to me a trailing plant for growing over and around
>>>> rocks and aoil (preferably with a white flower) which has a good strong
root
>>>> system and which re-roots from the stems (like Phlya nodiflora).(Lippia ) I
>>>> have an alkaline coastal rocky area which is subject to erosion and
>>>> need some anchors. I would like something with a bigger more dramatic
flower
>>>> than the P.nodiflora........if possible.
>>>>
>>>> Any ideas
>>>>
>>>> Pamela
>>>> Costa Blanca ( cold but sunny today)
>>>
>>
>>
