Scaevola albida White Carpet Scaevola albida White Carpet Botanical Name: Scaevola albida White Carpet Common Names: White Fan Flower, Native: Yes Foliage Type: Evergreen Plant Type: Groundcovers Plant Habit: Dense, Spreading Description: Scaevola has been popularised all around the world due to their quick flowering ability, unusual fan flower form and versatility as a ground cover or containerised plant. Popular also for cascading over an embankment, hanging baskets and for sloping sites. Long lived spreading ground cover with a thick carpet of tight, mid- green foliage with masses of small white flowers. Grows 15cm with a spread of a metre of more. Mature Height: 15-30cm Position: Full Sun, Semi Shade Mature Width: 60cm-1m Soil Type: Any, Well Drained Family Name: Goodeniaceae Landscape Use(s): Balcony / Roof, Borders / Shrubbery, Coastal Garden, Courtyard, Groundcover, Low Water Garden, Mass Planting, Rockery, Verge, Origin: Australia Container / Pot Characteristics: Pest & Diseases: Foliage Colours: Green Aphids, Generally trouble free Flower Colours: White Flower Fragrant: No Cultural Notes: Flowering Season: Spring, Summer Like most native plants, Scaevola enjoys free-draining soil although they are Fruit: Insignificant tolerant of a wide range of soil types. Scaevola enjoy moist soil for optimum flowering response but will handle periods without irrigation. Water if you see the Requirements: foliage wilting or the centre of the plant drying out. Feed them a couple of times of Growth Rate: Fast the year (early spring and mid summer) with a general purpose controlled release Maintenance Level: Low fertiliser. Cut the plant back if you feel it needs shaping or revitalising. Try cutting back by around one third. Information and images courtesy of Ramm Botanicals. Water Usage: Medium / Moderate Tolerances: Plant Care: Drought: Medium / Moderate Keep moist during dry periods, Low phosphorus slow release fertiliser, Mulch well Frost: Moderate Wind: Moderate Disclaimer: Information and images provided is to be used as a guide only. While every reasonable effort is made to ensure accuracy and relevancy of all information, any decisions based on this information are the sole responsibility of the viewer. Call 1300 787 401 plantmark.com.au.