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Wetland plants
Did you know wetland plants make excellent water filters? If you need to clean up stormwater runoff, or provide a buffer against flooding, give us a call.
Disphyma australe
Height: 0.02m;  Spread: 1m
Native Iceplant (Ground Cover)
Coastal creeping succulent. White-mauve flowers (summer). Frost tender.
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My daughter's favourite because it's pink and opens up in the sun. Maori name is apparently horokaka - this picture in late-Oct2011
This groundcover thrives in our difficult salt-and-sand blown West Coast (NI) garden. It likes it here under the ranchslider door too.