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title: Ground Cover & Edging
url: https://heavenlyplants.ae/collections/ground-cover
type: collection
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# Ground Cover & Edging

The ground covers that actually hold in UAE conditions are ruellia for flower, wedelia for fast bed filling, portulaca for a spot that bakes, alternanthera for clipped edging, asystasia for dry shade, and sesuvium for salt and sand. All are sold here as multi-plant trays, because one liner covers nothing.

## Products in this collection

- [Purple Fountain Grass (Pennisetum Red)](https://heavenlyplants.ae/products/pennisetum-red) — AED 75
- [Ruellia Blue Tray — 6 Plants](https://heavenlyplants.ae/products/ruellia-blue-tray-6) — AED 79
- [Bloodleaf (Iresine) Tray — 6 Plants](https://heavenlyplants.ae/products/iresine-tray-6) — AED 69
- [Flax Lily (Dianella) — 3 Plants](https://heavenlyplants.ae/products/dianella-flax-lily-3) — AED 99
- [Portulaca Sun Jewels Tray — 6 Plants](https://heavenlyplants.ae/products/portulaca-sun-jewels-6) — AED 55
- [Red Pseuderanthemum](https://heavenlyplants.ae/products/pseuderanthemum-red) — AED 49
- [Ruellia White Tray — 6 Plants](https://heavenlyplants.ae/products/ruellia-white-tray-6) — AED 79
- [Alternanthera Green Tray — 6 Plants](https://heavenlyplants.ae/products/alternanthera-tray-6) — AED 59
- [Chinese Violet (Asystasia) Tray — 6 Plants](https://heavenlyplants.ae/products/asystasia-tray-6) — AED 59
- [Sea Purslane (Sesuvium) Tray — 6 Plants](https://heavenlyplants.ae/products/sesuvium-tray-6) — AED 55
- [Railroad Vine (Ipomoea) — 3 Plants](https://heavenlyplants.ae/products/ipomoea-railroad-vine-3) — AED 79

## Frequently asked questions

### How many ground cover plants do I need per square metre?

For most UAE ground covers, plant 6–9 per square metre for coverage within one season, or 4 per square metre if you can wait two. A 6-plant tray therefore covers roughly 0.7–1 square metre at the faster spacing.

### What is the lowest-water ground cover for a UAE garden?

Sesuvium (sea purslane) is the lowest-water option and also the most salt-tolerant — it grows natively on UAE beaches. Portulaca is next, flowering through peak summer on twice-weekly water. Alternanthera and iresine are the thirstiest and need water every other day in July.

### Which ground cover works in shade in Dubai?

Asystasia (Chinese violet) is the one that fills dry shade under trees and along north-facing walls where grass thins out. Iresine and pseuderanthemum also hold their colour in part shade, but they need more water than asystasia does.