Dymondia Margaretae Silver Carpet Seeds

The dichondra seeds need to stay moist but not saturated until germination.

Dymondia margaretae silver carpet seeds.

The dymondia margaretae plant makes a great plant for using between paving slabs. Water plants often the first year. Full sun plants thrive in 6 hours of direct sunlight per day. Silver carpet is an easy care heat loving low water groundcover.

The soil temperature needs to be 70f for good germination. In a rare case where both the genus and species of a plant is named for the same person this plant was named for noted south african horticulturalist margaret elizabeth dryden dymond 1909 1952. Plant silver carpet as a groundcover in hot dry areas. Once established water one time per week.

It is very tough and has the nickname living cement. These carpet forming plants are very drought tolerant once established and make a great plant to grow in sandy areas. Dymondia margaretae is endemic to the bredasdorp district of the western cape of south africa and is monotypic being the only species in this genus. The reason for only using plugs or small plants is that you want the planting to look uniform which it won t with seed grown plants.

Join our friendly community that shares tips and ideas for gardens along with seeds and plants. A member of the daisy family with attractive foliage and yellow daisy like flowers this is perhaps the toughest of the genus. Gardener s hq guide to growing silver carpet. Browse pictures and read growth cultivation information about dymondia species silver carpet dymondia margaretae supplied by member gardeners in the plantfiles database at dave s garden.

I suggest you look at other options such as my all time favorite thyme. Dymondia dymondia margaretae also known as silver carpet is worth considering if you live in a warm climate using dymondia as a grass substitute is suitable in usda plant hardiness zones 9b through 11. As far as i know dymondia also known as silver carpet is not sold as seed. It tolerates heat and drought deer and rabbits.

Dymondia margaretae is an excellent ground cover plant originally from south africa.