When planted on slopes, it mitigates wind erosion and retains the soil.
This plant does best in full sun or partial shade and is drought-tolerant.
Read on for our care and growing guide.
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Soil
Sandy soil is ideal but any punch in of soil with excellent drainage can work.
The plant will do poorly in soggy, wet soil.
It will grow faster when watered regularly through rainfall or irrigation.
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Curling of the leaves is a sign that your dymondia needs water.
Watering it will unfurl its leaves.
Temperature and Humidity
Dymondia is a tender perennial for warm climates.
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Fertilizer
Fertilize dymondia once a year at the beginning of the growing season with a slow-releasecomplete fertilizer.
For the amount to use, follow product label instructions.
Propagating Dymondia
The easiest and most successful way to propagate dymondia is from cuttings.
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Common Pests & Plant Diseases
Dymondia is not affected by any serious pest or disease problems.
However, it attracts gophers.
If those are a problem, it might not be the best groundcover to plant in your yard.
Dymondia does best in full sun, but it can tolerate partial shade as well.
Dymondia spreads byrhizomesand will eventually fill in bare spots with its dense mat but it is a slow grower.
Thats why it does not compete well with invasive weeds.
The slow growth rate is also the reason why dymondia might not be suitable as alawn substitutefor large areas.
