Plant Name

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Selliera radicans

Common Name

Shiny Swamp Mat, Swamp Weed.

Soil

Clay

Sun Aspect

Full Sun and Part Shade

Soil Moisture

Wet

Plant Type

Evergreen Succulent

Height x Spread in feet

0.5 x 1

Foliage

Inch long, dark Green, club-shaped leaves with silvery undersides.

Flower Colour in Month(s). Fruit

White in July

Comment

Mat-forming Chilean Groundcover of wet sites such as near lakes or streams (or salt-marshes). Do not let soil dry out between waterings. Very few weeds are tough enough to come up through it.