Dymondia Margaretae Silver Carpet Seeds

The soil temperature needs to be 70f for good germination.

Dymondia margaretae silver carpet seeds.

A member of the daisy family with attractive foliage and yellow daisy like flowers this is perhaps the toughest of the genus. The dichondra seeds need to stay moist but not saturated until germination. 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. Silver carpet is an easy care heat loving low water groundcover.

Water plants often the first year. Once established water one time per week. 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. Join our friendly community that shares tips and ideas for gardens along with seeds and plants.

Gardener s hq guide to growing silver carpet. Dichondra ground cover seed can be directly started in a prepared seedbed that is free of weeds. 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. It tolerates heat and drought deer and rabbits.

Dymondia margaretae is an excellent ground cover plant originally from south africa. It is very tough and has the nickname living cement. The dymondia margaretae plant makes a great plant for using between paving slabs. Full sun plants thrive in 6 hours of direct sunlight per day.

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. 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.

I suggest you look at other options such as my all time favorite thyme.