Botanical Name: Common Names:
Goodenia ovata Gold Cover Hop Goodenia,
Native: Foliage Type:
Yes Evergreen
Plant Type: Plant Habit:
Climbers Dense, Prostrate, Spreading
Description:
Goodenia Gold Cover is an unusual trailing, prostrate form of Goodenia. It's a heat loving native with a cascading habit which makes it a natural on steeply sloping embankments, on retaining walls and even in hanging baskets and vertical gardens. Gold Cover produces relatively large, bright yellow flowers throughout the warmer months of the year. Attractive, mid-green, trailing foliage adds to the excellent presentation of this plant.
Mature Height: Mature Width:
<15cm 1-2m
Position: Soil Type:
Full Sun, Semi Shade Well Drained
Landscape Use(s)
Balcony / Roof, Borders / Shrubbery, Coastal Garden, Courtyard, Erosion Control, Groundcover, Habitat, Lawn Alternatives, Low Water Garden, Mass Planting, Rockery, Verge, Container / Pot, Native Garden
Pests & Diseases: Aphids, Generally trouble free, Thrips
Cultural Notes:
Plant Care
Keep moist during dry periods, Low phosphorus slow release fertiliser, Mulch well
Family Name: Origin:
Goodeniaceae Australia
Characteristics
Foliage Colour: Green
Flower Colour: Yellow
Flower Fragrant: No
Flowering Season: Spring, Summer
Fruit: Insignificant
Requirements Tolerances
Growth Rate: Fast
Maintenance Level: Low
Water Usage: Low
Drought: High
Frost: Moderate
Wind: High
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