Because we've got such a sloppy block of land, I wanted a good native groundcover for steep banks. A few websites suggested Creeping Boobialla (myoporum parvifolium) and since it was available as tubestock at my local Greening Australia nursery, it seemed like a great solution. It did exactly as I had hoped in the first year...grew quickly, surpressed weeds and provided lush green coverage. But after the first year, it started to lose it's lustre and developed dead patches.
I have since found that the common type tends to have a short life span and that there are longer lived varieties. Not really wanting to remove it and start again, in the dead spots I have planted the tougher version "Yareena" as well as the native succulent Carpobrotus glaucescens or Pigface (pictured below) which I hope will eventually create a lovely patchwork effect.
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