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Groundcover · Scrophulariaceae Draft — unreviewed

Creeping myoporum

Myoporum parvifolium R.Br.

Also called creeping myoporum.

Flat, bright green carpet with tiny white star flowers, covering large areas quickly in the low desert.

Size over time

Typical landscape size 0.1–0.2 m (0 ft) tall and 1.5–2.4 m (5–8 ft) wide; fast growth, about 2 years to maturity. Intermediate sizes use the planner’s growth curve (k = 0.45) from the plug install size.

00.511.52mPlanting0.1 × 0.1 mYear 30.1 × 1.5 mYear 100.1 × 1.9 mMature0.1 × 1.9 m

Bloom

White flowers, Apr–Jun (northern-hemisphere months; timing shifts with region and season).

Bloom calendar: months each plant is in bloom
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Creeping myoporum : Apr–Jun

Design notes

  • Frost-sensitive below about −4 °C.
  • Shorter-lived with frequent irrigation; replant thin patches.

Regions

Native range: Southern Australia.

Not recorded as native to any of the three pilot regions.

Native status describes where the species occurs naturally. It is not a promise that it suits a particular garden; site conditions decide that.

Related plants

Canadian wild ginger
Asarum canadense · Groundcover · 0.1–0.2 m (0–1 ft)
Japanese painted fern
Athyrium niponicum 'Pictum' · Groundcover · 0.3–0.5 m (1 ft)
Pennsylvania sedge
Carex pensylvanica · Groundcover · 0.2–0.3 m (0–1 ft)
Trailing indigo bush
Dalea greggii · Groundcover · 0.3–0.6 m (1–2 ft)
Hardy ice plant
Delosperma cooperi · Groundcover · 0.1–0.1 m (0 ft)
Blue Rug creeping juniper
Juniperus horizontalis 'Wiltonii' · Groundcover · 0.1–0.2 m (0 ft)

Plan with Creeping myoporum

Place it in a design, check it against your zone, light and moisture, and see it at year three and year ten.

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