Carpobrotus glaucescens (CAR10) AUSSIE RAMBLER ™

Common Name:
Pigface 'Aussie Rambler'™

Description:
Carpobrotus glaucescens (CAR10) Aussie Rambler™ is a vigorous, low-growing Australian native ground cover with eye-catching, extra-large, magenta-pink daisy-like flowers. Bred for enhanced ornamental appeal, it features fleshy, grey-green succulent foliage that hugs the ground and spreads quickly, making it an exceptional choice for erosion control, coastal planting, and low-maintenance landscapes. Flowering heavily in spring and continuing through summer, its vibrant blooms are highly attractive to pollinators and add brilliant colour to garden edges, embankments, rockeries, and nature strips. Suited perfectly to Melbourne’s climate, Aussie Rambler™ thrives in full sun, tolerates drought, salt-laden winds, and light frost, and requires minimal water once established. Its trailing habit and toughness make it ideal for difficult sites, including sandy and poor soils, where it will form a dense, weed-suppressive mat with minimal upkeep.

Form:
Ground Cover
Shrub - Clumping / Grass-like / Mounding

Mature Size:
Height: 10–20 cm
Width: 1.5–2 m

Aspect:
Full Sun

Flowering:
Flowers in Spring
Flowers in Summer

Flower Colour:
Magenta Pink
Bright Pink

Key Attributes:
Australian Native
Drought Tolerant
Coastal Tolerant
Low Maintenance
Fast Growing
Weed Suppressive
Suitable for Erosion Control
Bee Attracting
Suitable for Pots and Hanging Baskets
Fire Retardant Qualities
Perennial
Frost Tolerant (light frost)

Toxicity:
Non-toxic to humans and pets
Fleshy leaves are sometimes used traditionally for mild skin irritation relief

Companion Plants:
Myoporum parvifolium
Chrysocephalum apiculatum ‘Desert Flame’
Scaevola ‘Purple Fanfare’
Westringia ‘Mundi’
Lomandra ‘Little Pal’