A very useful landscaping plant for both practical and aesthetic reasons. The long display of colour makes this a favourite plant for edging around garden beds or cascading from retaining walls and rockeries. They can be used as a ground covers for low maintenance areas whilst small groups of plants can be used between shrubs and perennials in the garden to act as an attractive 'fill in' for bare patches as well as shading out weeds.

V.  'Homestead Purple's deep rich colour can be incorporated into most colour schemes adding some depth to softer pastel combinations of blues, pinks and lavender or - in more vibrant plantings - can offer a deep contrast for vivid pinks, yellows and reds.