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Summer planting
Contrary to popular opinion, summer planting is fine as long as adequate water is provided throughout any prolonged dry periods. This allows you to take advantage of increased summer growth.
Muehlenbeckia ephedroides
Height: 0.1m;  Spread: 2m
Pohuehue (Ground Cover)
Collectors item. Has virtually no leaves and lies prone on the ground hanging limp over wall or bank.
» Click here for our Muehlenbeckia ephedroides article published in the Titirangi Tatler, July 2011...
» Click here for our article on more Moths and Butterflies published in The Fringe, March 2013...
» For a landscaping perspective on Muehlenbeckia, see this article by O2 Landscapes...
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