Acaena inermis ‘Purpurea’
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Purple Goose Leaf

Acaena

Goose Leaf

Our selections of this enchanting, ground-hugging evergreen from New Zealand feature diminutive leaves with a ferny delicacy. Lifting on short stalks above the foliage, globe-shaped seed heads—small thornless “burrs”—are colored a brownish red. Adapted to almost any well drained location, plant it as a cover for your bulb bed, situate it along pathways, perch it on a garden wall or let it creep around paving stones.

Acaena inermis ‘Purpurea’ 

Colored in a purple-gray shade reminiscent of overripe plums, this Acaena’s delicate, low-lying foliage warmly interweaves a planting of Dianthus ‘Mendlesham Maid’, Scutellaria ‘Texas Rose’ and Carex glauca above our rock wall.

Blooms June–July.

Size: 6" high & spreading; hardy to zone 6.

Acaena inermis ‘Purpurea’ (P-1095)
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Other selections in this genus

• Acaena saccaticupula