Desert Carpet Plant

Acacia redolens desert carpet prostrate acacia low growing evergreen ground cover blooms in spring yellow puff balls height 2 spread to 12 drought tolerant heat tolerant use on banks with poor soil.

Desert carpet plant. Dr q s desert plant cactus food 5 10 9. Small vanilla scented yellow flowers appear in spring but are not very showy. The desert carpet cultivar is a reliably prostrate form of the australian native. The leathery gray green foliage looks good all year and small yellow puffball flowers are produced in the spring.

Desert carpet needs ample room to spread. Recovers quickly from frost damage but should be protected in hard freezes to prevent damage to main branches. For a fast growing flowering plant look at the chinese fringe flower that offers deep red leaves with beautiful fringy white or pink flowers during the spring. These plants that live in the desert are particularly suited to low elevation desert gardens found in phoenix las vegas palm springs and surrounding areas.

Plant in full sun to light shade. Low growing groundcover height 1 to 2 blooms in early spring and autumn small flowers with pink stripes on white petals. Plant details for. Acacia redolens low boy prostrate acacia a low growing shrub to 1 to 2 feet tall by 10 to 15 feet wide with dense habit and much branched with stems covered with narrow 2 to 4 inch long gray green leaves technically phyllodes.

This collection of desert landscaping plants includes perennials cacti and shrubs that can be used as foundation plants for desert gardening. 6 light requirements. While in bloom this plant is spectacular. Full sun water requirements.

The only downfall is the blooms only last for a few weeks before falling off but they do make a lovely carpet of color on the ground. Acacia redolens desert carpet mature height. Deep infrequent water fertilizers. Gardenality is a gardening centric site made by gardeners for gardeners with tools that enhance any gardening for the expert to the weekend gardener.

1 mature width. Green carpet grows very well in a variety of soil and water conditions and prefers to be planted in partial to full sun. Accurately referred to as green carpet it is easy to grow and very tolerant of desert soils. Our desert plants are particularly drought resistant drought tolerant plants xeric plants.