Acaena microphylla 'Kuppferteppich'
Red mountan bidi bidi, Red bidi bidi, Redspine sheepburr
Also known as Acaena microphylla 'Copper Carpet'
- Height × spread
- 0.15m × 0.3m
- Position
- Full sun
- Hardiness
- Cold to -15C (RHS H5)
- Flowers
- Spring
Availability
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About this plant
This carpeting plant is so low growing it can be overwhelmed in a herbaceous border and it's best used on a pebble or gravel covered site in the sun. It makes a mat of tiny, fern-like, blue-grey leaves which are bronze when young, each with a crisply-toothed margin. There are little creamy flowers, held on long stalks which develop into dramatically-spiky, round seed heads that are red when young, mellowing to pink in maturity. A carpet of this, caught by the light, looks great.
- Flower colour
- White
- Foliage colour
- Blue, Grey
- Spring foliage
- Red-bronze
- Fruit colour
- Red
- Variegated
- No
- Scent
- No
- Shape
- Prostrate
- Height
- 0.15m
- Spread
- 0.3m
- Season of interest
- Summer
- Flowers in
- Spring
- Evergreen
- Evergreen
- Garden style
- Small scale garden, Gravel garden
- Sun or shade
- Likes full sun, tolerates part shade
- Soil type
- All types
- Soil pH
- All types
- Drainage
- Moisture retentive soil, Well drained soil, Dry soil, Drought resistant
- Hardiness
- Cold to -15C (RHS H5)
- Borders & containers
- Borders
- Use for
- Ground cover
- Hazards
- Yes, fruit is prickly/thorny
Spring
Spring - late · Outdoors
Feed with slow release fertiliser
Apply a general purpose slow release fertiliser, spreading it around the root area of the plant as it is coming into growth. (Or apply a liquid feed at regular intervals throughout the growing season.)
This is a simple way to provide a nutrient boost as a single annual procedure.
Spring-Autumn · Outdoors
Water in dry periods
Established plants in the ground can cope with 7-10 days of dryness, and shrubs often manage 2 to 3 weeks. Water one section of the garden thoroughly each day rather than a little everywhere. Check plants in pots more often, especially in hot weather.
Spring - early-mid · Planting
Divide when too large
The plant can be divided if it becomes too large or another plant is required. This may involve physically dividing the clump in two, removing offsets or small bulbs or dividing rhizomes. The new plants can be grown in pots or planted in the ground.