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Acaena saccaticupula 'Blue Haze'Acaena saccaticupula 'Blue Haze'
blue goose leaf 'Blue Haze'
A creeping, evergreen perennial to 10cm tall and up to 1m across. The leaves are divided into 9-15 oval, toothed, blue-grey leaflets tinged bronze at their margins. In midsummer, rounded white flowerheads are borne on short stems and followed by dark red burrs with pinkish-red spines
Acaena affinisAcaena affinis
New Zealand bur
Has robust, woody main stems, decumbent and seldom rooting, forming loose mats to 13cm tall and to 60cm or more across. Young stems are reddish-pink. The pinnate leaves are 6-12 cm long, with 9-13, conspicuously veined, blue-grey leaflets. Flowerheads are globular, with red stamens. Burrs are 2-2.5cm wide, with barbed spines, on long stems to 20cm
Acaena buchananiiAcaena buchananii
Buchanan’s bidibid
A quick-growing evergreen, mat-forming ornamental perennial with feathered blue-green foliage and clusters of white flowers on upright stems which turn reddish with age. This is a great ground cover plant for flower beds, rock gardens, path edges, and dry stone walls.
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