Kennedia prostrata Running Postman Native Plants

Low growing Australian native ground cover plants.
Nitrogen fixing plants. They will naturally add nitrogen to your soil.

If you buy 5 or more, you will receive $1.00 off per plant!

You will receive 1:

Running Postman Kennedia prostrata Plants

Also known as Scarlet Runner

The plants you will receive in this listing will be in individual 40mm x 80mm pots, will have established roots and will be ready to plant into your garden.

Not for WA, Tasmania, NT or outside of Australia Mate!!!

Approximate spread to around 1.5 metres. They can often grow wider, if well fed and watered.

For a good ground covering density, plant them 60cm apart so that they really grow into each other.

The pea like flowers of this variety are scarlet red with yellow and orange markings in the centre.

In bloom from late Winter to Summer.

Its leaves are undulating, grey to green with tan edgings.

This variety can handle dry times.

They have developed the survival mechanism that sees severe dry periods trigger its foliage to die back to the main stem and then reshoot when the rains come.

Grows in a wide range of acidic and alkaline soils.

Will grow in temperate to sub tropical zones.

A great fast growing, attractive, ground cover that suppresses weeds and can be used to assist erosion control.

They are classed as an Australian Bush Tucker Food Plant due to the high nectar content of its flowers.

Occurs naturally in Western Australia, South Australia, New South Wales, Tasmania and Victoria.

Its is quite salt tolerant which also make it useful for coastal plantings.

I have seen online claims to it being a fire retardant plant.

A native, low growing, dense ground covering variety that spreads, trails, cascades and hangs well.

 Making, them great for rockeries, slopes, edging, front planting, containers, retaining walls, native gardens, hanging pots, dam banks, etc

It is drought, frost (minus 3) and seaside tolerant.

Will grow in full sun to semi shade.

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