Berrybank Nursery, 5 Boggs Holdings, Pencaitland, East Lothian, EH34 5BA
Acaena inermis 'Purpurea'
Common Name: 'New Zealand burr'Flat evergreen mats of striking purple-red foliage with bronze tints. Creamy white flowers in summer and attractive reddish seedheads in autumn which unlike most other Acaena species don't bear barbs or spines. Jul-Aug. H5cm S50cm.
Care Instructions
Best grown in any well-drained soil in full sun or partial shade although the foliage colour is deeper in sun. Good for edging or growing between paving as it tolerates being trodden on.
- Alpines
- Good for ground cover
- Good for partial shade
- Good for sun
- Good for well-drained soil
- White flowers
- Good for autumn
- Good for spring
- Good for summer
- 0cm to 30cm
Plant No: 7