Acaena. saccaticupula "Blue Haze"

Acaena is a genus of mainly low growing, creeping herbaceous perennials, which form dense mats of foliage. Acaena are evergreen in all but the most severe of winters. 

Spreading by virtue of its easily rooting stems Acaena makes an excellent ground cover plant, although some species can be invasive.

During the Summer Acaena is covered with round flower heads that later develop into the characteristic spiny red burrs that give this plant its common name.

New Zealand Burrs are esteemed for their colourful leaves; having, dependent upon species, glaucous blue, or bronze foliage.

Form: Vigorous usually evergreen prostrate perennial
Height: 2in (5cm)
Spread: 30in (75cm)
Foliage: Having glaucous blue, hairy leaves divided into leaflets.
Flowers: It produces small flowers with greenish brown spiny bracts, which develop into reddish-brown burrs 

Syn: Acaena. anserinifolium
Form: Vigorous evergreen prostrate sub-shrub
Height: 4in (10cm)
Spread: 30in (75cm)
Fully Hardy
Foliage: Having brown-green leaves divided into between 9 & 13 oval, toothed leaflets.
Flowers: The spherical greenish-brown flowers are produced during the summer, developing into red spined brownish burrs during the autumn.

Cultivation: -

Grow in reasonably fertile soil, in full sun or partial shade. Control its spread by pulling out excess rooted stems

Propagation: -

Divide clumps or lift ready rooted stems and pot or transplant to a new position in spring or autumn.

Sow seed in the cold-frame during autumn

Pests & Diseases: -

None

Hardiness: -

Fully Hardy