{"title":"Other Ground Covers","description":"\u003cp\u003eDiscover the versatility of ground covers at Garden Express Australia. These hardy, spreading plants provide dense coverage, suppress weeds, and add year-round colour and texture to your garden. Perfect for filling gaps, stabilising slopes, or creating a living carpet, they thrive in various conditions with minimal upkeep.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMany of these plants are drought-tolerant and adapt well to different soil types, making them ideal for low-maintenance landscaping. Whether you're looking for flowering varieties, evergreen foliage, or fast-spreading options, there’s a selection to suit every garden.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eExplore the Other Ground Covers collection at Garden Express Australia and find the perfect plants to enhance your landscape with lasting beauty!\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"ajuga-burgundy-glow","title":"Ajuga Burgundy Glow","description":"\u003cp\u003eAjuga Burgundy Glow is a dense spreading ground cover with Variegated foliage in tones from red to burgundy, pale green and cream. Showing off deep blue to purple flower spikes in Spring and Summer, Burgundy Glow creates a dense cover making it ideal for rockeries and borders.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA useful groundcover or edging plant, Ajuga are great for rock gardens and borders. Prefers a full sun to part shade position in well drained soil. Will grow in full shade, but foliage colour is best in positions with 3-4 hours of sun per day. 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Clusters of brilliant pink flowers are held above the foliage from mid Spring through till Summer making this a bright and cheery addition to the garden.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith a creeping growth habit, Lamium is perfect for cascading over retaining walls or embankments, and it makes a wonderful addition to a hanging basket. For best results plant into a well drained soil in a full shade to partly shaded position. Lamium will cope well with extremely dry conditions but plants will look their best with supplementary watering during hot dry periods. Will tolerate cold periods but protect from frost.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Garden Express Australia","offers":[{"title":"50mm Pot","offer_id":53828210294968,"sku":"LPOLAMBSI","price":6.9,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"68mm Pot","offer_id":53828210327736,"sku":"P68LAMBSB","price":8.9,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0928\/0805\/2920\/files\/lamium-lpolambsi-beacon-silver.jpg?v=1785386311"},{"product_id":"lambs-ear","title":"Lambs Ear","description":"\u003cp\u003eLamb’s Ear is a low-growing perennial known for its soft, silvery leaves that feel like a lamb’s ear, giving the plant its common name. Belonging to the mint family, it is often used as an ornamental ground cover due to its texture, color, and ability to spread and form dense mats.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis plant thrives in full sun but can tolerate some light shade. It prefers well-drained soil and is drought-tolerant once established, making it ideal for dry or xeriscaped gardens. Overwatering or poor drainage can lead to root rot or fungal issues, particularly in humid climates. Although it produces small purplish-pink flowers on tall spikes in late spring to early summer, many gardeners grow Lamb's Ear primarily for its foliage and may even remove flower stalks to encourage more vigorous leaf growth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLamb’s Ear is a great choice for edging, sensory gardens, or any landscape design that benefits from a soft-textured, silver accent. It's deer-resistant, easy to maintain, and visually appealing throughout the growing season.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExtremely tough and drought tolerant, Lamb’s Ear thrives in full sun to part shade and is perfect for low-maintenance borders, edging, rock gardens, and containers. Its silvery foliage adds beautiful contrast and brightness to garden beds, making it a great choice for softening hard edges and highlighting other plants.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEasy to grow and adaptable, coping well with all barring the most boggy soils, this classic perennial is a must-have for dry, sunny gardens.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Garden Express Australia","offers":[{"title":"50mm Pot","offer_id":53828210393272,"sku":"LPOLAMEAR","price":6.9,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false},{"title":"68mm Pot","offer_id":53828210426040,"sku":"P68LAMEAR","price":8.9,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true},{"title":"75mm Pot","offer_id":53828210458808,"sku":"P75LAMEAR","price":8.9,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0928\/0805\/2920\/files\/lambs-ear-lpolamear-17.jpg?v=1785386308"},{"product_id":"ajuga-princess-nadia","title":"Ajuga Princess Nadia","description":"\u003cp\u003eAjuga Princess Nadia is a standout groundcover prized for its dramatic foliage and easy performance in the garden. 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