Botanical Name: Dichondra repens ‘Silver Falls’
Common Name: Silver Falls
Pot Size: 140mm Pot

Current Height

Current Height from the top of the pot: 20mm

Dichondra Silver Falls 140mm Pots

Dichondra Silver Falls is a unique trailing ground cover with beautiful silvery foliage that adds a soft, eye-catching look to the garden. Its cascading growth habit makes it perfect for hanging baskets, pots, retaining walls, steep banks, between pavers, or spilling over garden edges.

This hardy, low-maintenance plant is a great choice when you want something different from the usual green foliage. The silver colour creates strong contrast and works beautifully in modern gardens, coastal gardens, cottage-style planting, and mixed containers.

Features

• Spectacular silver foliage
• Unique trailing and cascading growth habit
• Primarily grown as a foliage plant
• Ground-hugging with tight coverage
• Extremely hardy once established
• Great for adding contrast and colour to the garden
• Ideal for pots, baskets, ground cover and garden edges

Position

Dichondra Silver Falls grows best in:

• Full sun
• Part shade
• Well-drained soil
• Pots and containers
• Hanging baskets
• Garden beds and between pavers

It performs best in a bright position with good drainage.

Ideal For

• Hanging baskets
• Containers and pots
• Between pavers
• Ground cover
• Steep banks
• Retaining walls
• Garden edges
• Lawn substitute areas
• Adding silver contrast to mixed planting

Planting Distance

Plant approximately 25cm–30cm apart.

Plant closer together if you want faster coverage.

Height at Maturity

Dichondra Silver Falls grows to approximately 15cm high, with a much wider trailing or spreading habit.

Environmental Requirements

Soil: Will grow in most garden soils as long as the soil is well drained and does not hold excessive moisture.

Climate: Heat tolerant and suitable for a wide range of climates, including cool, temperate, arid, mild tropical and tropical areas.

Durability: Drought tolerant once established and very hardy in the right position.

Care

Dichondra Silver Falls is low maintenance and easy to grow. Avoid overwatering, as it does not like sitting in wet soil.

Water regularly while establishing, then reduce watering once the plant has settled in. It can be lightly cut back to tidy up if needed.

Trimming

Trim lightly to clean up long or untidy growth when necessary.

Major trimming and shaping is best done during Spring and Summer, while the plant is actively growing.

Design Ideas

With its silver, soft-textured foliage, Dichondra Silver Falls is a proven classic in Sydney gardens. It looks excellent spilling from hanging baskets, trailing over walls, softening the edge of pots, or used as a low ground cover between pavers.

It is especially useful where you want a silver foliage contrast, a lawn substitute, or a hardy cascading plant for containers and baskets.