White Carpet Falkia Repens

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White carpet falkia repens.

Falkia repens or oortjies meaning little ears is a fast growing creeping mat like perennial herb that works well as a groundcover or when combined with other plants. Falkia repens little ears a lush fast growing and long lived evergreen groundcover that forms a solid carpet 2 to 6 inches tall and spreading outward on stems that root at their nodes with tightly held glossy green and slightly succulent inch wide leaves that are cupped and held upright so the rounded leaf tips appear a bit like small green ears. And that s not all. It can grow in sun or shade and looks great when filling in between rocks or when cascading down a container.

Grows in sun or shade and takes both normally irrigated and quite wet areas. White carpet e native to southern africa groundcover perennial. Flowering season is short from september to december but for the rest of the year it provides a most attractive textured cover. Evergreen full sun semi shade frost tolerant medium water requirements fast grower attracts insects.

It s a plant that is easy to care for and does a great job of adding to the aesthetic of your tank. 0 2m x 0 5m flowering time. In fact staurogyne repens is one of the best carpet plants out there. J f m a m j j a s o n d.

Average size h x w. It grows in sun or shade and takes both dry and moist conditions. It bear large white to pinkish paper like flowers like miniature poppies from september. Falkia repens is a reliable groundcover with leaves that are slightly succulent enabling to withstand high temperatures through conserving water its leaves.

White blushed pink bloom time. African morning glory creeping falkia oortjies afr oortjies. Falkia repens looks stunning between stepping stones but is also useful as filler or edging plant. Stems 25mm are firm and slender and root at the nodes with the plants reaching a height of 50 100mm.

Falkia repens is a hardy evergreen flat mat forming perennial groundcover with lovely rounded leaves. A delightful ground hugging perennial with dense soft mat forming foliage and pale pink buttercup style flowers that fade to white. White carpet falkia repens.