Barleria Species, Coral Creeper, Red Barleria

Commonly called coral creeper, it's a spreading evergreen groundcover shrub that roots where it touches the ground. There are varieties w...Read Moreith white, salmon-pink/red, or violet-purple flowers.

It can climb to a height of 7' if it has a structure (or neighboring shrubs) for support. It can also hang gracefully down from the top of a retaining wall.

Native to south and tropical Africa, it needs less water in winter than in summer.

This is a good plant for containers although every seed germinates. Blooming is spotty here in my zone 9b garden but other than giving i...Read Moret a haircut and pulling seedlings it is a trouble free plant known as Coral Creeper here in Florida. http://lee.ifas.ufl.edu/FYN/News_Press_Q&A/Coral_Creeper-Bar...

My landscaper planted this instead of the Asystasia I requested as a ground cover on the steepest slopes in my yard in Makakilo, Oahu. A ...Read Morelot of people here call it "red asystasia." I agree that it's invasive if not constantly monitored, but it is one tough competitor against other plants that I don't want on those slopes, especially grass. I had Arachis glabrata (Golden Glory) covering a nearby slope and it never stood a chance against the Barleria, whose seeds traveled twenty feet across the yard. (During some times of the year you can stand there and hear the seed pods popping) The unwanted stray seedlings that pop up everywhere are very easy to pull and can be transplanted. I needed a ground cover that can beat anything in this sub-tropical locale, and this one does it.

Once you have this, you'll almost never get rid of it. The seeds shoot a distance and the smallest piece left in the ground will resprout...Read More. It will invade hedges, pots, even the driest and most sandy soil.
Looks like I'll be pulling it out for years.