Small Spaces™
Myoporum Purple creeping boobialla 140MM
Myoporum ‘Purple creeping boobialla’ – 140MM
(Not currently available to be ordered)
I am Purple leaf Creeping Boobialla. My family originated from South Australia and western Victoria
| I am a fast-growing, low-spreading native groundcover known for my lush, trailing habit and attractive purple-tinged foliage.
I hug the ground, rarely rising above 10-15 cm, but I can spread several metres wide, making me perfect for covering bare soil, suppressing weeds, or softening edges in your garden. In spring and summer, I’m dotted with small white, star-like flowers that add subtle charm. I thrive in Australian conditions, especially in full sun, and I’m highly tolerant of drought, coastal winds, and poor soils once established. I’m ideal for slopes, rockeries, and large open spaces where low maintenance is key. Give me well-drained soil and occasional watering while I establish, then I’ll mostly take care of myself. A light trim now and then keeps me tidy and encourages dense growth. Avoid overwatering – I’m much happier on the dry side! |
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Full Sun to Part Shade (4+ hours of direct sun) |
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Height: 0.15m Width: 2m (Can be kept trimmed to Height: 0.15m Width: 0.15m) |
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I need minimal water once established |
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Australian native |
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Suitable for coastal planting, I tolerate grey water and most soil types |
| I am popular and will make you happy because… |
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A hardy groundcover well suited to cover embankments, over retaining walls and as an under planting |
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My dense and attractive purple foliage will outcompete most weeds and deepens in colour over winter |
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I produce small white fragrant star shaped flowers from spring through to autumn |
- Plant me:
- in pots and other containers
- in hanging baskets
- in garden beds and general landscaping
- in coastal conditions
| Tips for success… |
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Prune me back after flowering to maintain compact growth |
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Plant me 1m apart |
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100% Recyclable Pot and Label Most pots and labels made from 100% recycled polypropylene |
| Plant family: Scrophulariaceae |
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What is the Small Spaces™ Collection
No matter how Narrow & Small your modern urban space is, you can create a lush & colourful garden or courtyard.
Combine the habits of Upright, Mounding & Trailing for easy colourful arrangements in pots, containers or garden beds.
Available in 140mm, 180mm and 200mm pots
Upright - Mounding - Trailing
A simple recipe to create professional-looking plants and garden designs
By having the plants divided in the three types, Upright, Mounding or Trailing, we remove the intimidation factor to create your own gardening designs.
Upright plants
Also called thrillers, are the big, bold focal point, the centerpiece plant for your design. This plant provides an eye-catching vertical element.
You first select your Upright plant, which usually will be the tallest plants, and the starting point of your design.
Then, when is time to plant, the Upright plant goes in the center if your pot that will be viewed from all sides.
You planted in the back of a pot, or the back of a garden bed, depending on your focal point.
A great upright choice is tall ornamental grasses such as purple fountain grass or liriopes. You can find them under our Mighty Tuff® collection. Or you can use anigozanthos from our Nature's Nectar®.
Small Spaces offers a collection of flowering plants ideal to use as thrillers, such are Cannas, Alstroemerias, Mandevilleas or you can even use some dwarf pittosporums
Mounding plants
Also called fillers, are mid-size, mounding, or rounded plants that surround and complement but not overwhelm the upright plant and fill the space in the planter or garden. You can use one filler or opt for two or three different plants in your container or garden design. Pick colours that complement your Upright Plant, or different textures, like a round-leaved mounding plant with a spiky Upright plant.
Often, they help by hiding the bare knees, the less interesting stems or stalks of the Upright plants
The difficult part is selecting the plant from so many choices, but a few suggestions include: cupheas, salvias, scaevolas, pelargoniums, etc.
Trailing plants
Also called spillers, are splashy plants that cascade and tumble over the sides of containers or cascaiding down a wall .
Even though the main rule of this plants is to sprawl over the side of the pots, sometimes it's fun to unify a composition by training a few tendrils of a Trailing plant to climb into and through both the Mounding and Upright plants.
You can use some of this varieties as Trailing plants: ajugas, campanulas, lotus Red Flash, lobelias, Veronica Oxford Blue, etc.