Purple Boobialla

Botanical Name: Myoporum parvifolium (Purple Leaf Broad Form)

Common Names: Purple Boobialla, Broad Leaf Purple Myoporum

Purple Boobialla is a super tough native groundcover that handles Perth heat with zero fuss. It grows fast, forms a thick green and purple carpet, and stops weeds in their tracks. Perfect for garden beds, embankments, or spilling over retaining walls.

Features:

Ideal prune height range: 10-30cm spread up to 1.5m-2m wide

pH growing conditions: 6.0 to 7.5

Shade or full sun: Prefers full sun to light shade for best leaf colour

Minimum pot year 5: 30L pot or open ground

Time to fruit age: Non-edible ornamental groundcover

This plant is as hardy as they come. It covers bare ground fast, holds soil together, and bears tiny white star flowers through warm months. Once set up, it copes well with dry spells and harsh sun, making it ideal for low maintenance gardens and rockeries.

Interesting Notes:

The leaves turn deeper purple in full sunlight and cold weather. It works great as a living mulch to keep soil cool and cut down on water loss.

Great choice for waterwise gardens, suppression of weeds, and native habitat spaces.

Limited stock. Pickup from Parkwood, WA. Delivery to Perth Metro only.

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