Alehoof, Ground Ivy, Glechoma Hederacea – 3 cuttings (likely with roots)

Alehoof (Ground Ivy) – Glechoma hederacea

Looking for a hardy, low-maintenance groundcover that’s both useful and beautiful? Alehoof, also known as Ground Ivy, is a charming, ground-hugging perennial that spreads easily to create a lush green carpet. Growing only around 5 cm high, it fills in bare spots, making it a fantastic choice for food forests, cottage gardens, or permaculture projects.

🌿 Garden Uses
Alehoof shines as a living mulch under fruit trees, along pathways, or anywhere you’d like to reduce weeding. It also cascades beautifully over the edges of pots, window boxes, and hanging baskets, adding a soft, trailing effect to your garden design.

🌞 Growing Conditions

• Thrives in full sun to part shade

• Grows in a wide range of soils, though it loves moist spots

• Hardy in both hot summers and frosty winters – grows happily here in Port Stephens, and I also grew it in our cool Katoomba garden.

• Very low-maintenance once established

🌱 Edible & Traditional Uses
Historically, Alehoof was valued as a bitter herb in beer-making and used in herbal teas, soups, and folk remedies for chest and sinus complaints. While its strong flavour isn’t for everyone, it remains a traditional culinary and medicinal herb. (Please note: avoid during pregnancy.)

💡 Why You’ll Love It

• Spreads quickly to form a groundcover

• A beautiful spillover plant for pots and hanging baskets

• Hardy, easy to grow, and resilient in Australian gardens

• Adds both beauty and function to your herb garden, food forest, or permaculture system

We supply Alehoof as unrooted cuttings, which usually arrive with little roots already forming. Simply plant them into moist soil, give them a little care at first, and they’ll quickly take off.

Bring this classic herb into your garden and enjoy a plant that’s both practical and pretty.