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Selaginella borealis
Siberian Twiggy Spikemoss
Item #: 5120
Zones: 3a to 8b, at least
Dormancy: Evergreen
Height: 2" tall
Culture: Part Sun to Light Shade
Origin: Japan
Pot Size: 3.5" pot (24 fl. oz/0.7 L)
(aka: Selaginella sanguinolenta var. compressa, Boreoselaginella borealis) Selaginella borealis hails from those delightful vacation spots of the Russian Far East, North China, and Siberia. Despite its frigid origins, this xerophyte has long been our favorite dry rock garden selaginella, but now it's also taken its rightful place as one of the great fairy garden plants of our time. Our parent plant is 12 years old and only 2" tall x 10" wide. In foliage, Selaginella borealis resembles a clump of moss that was plugged into a high voltage electrical outlet. Come to think of it, Selaginella borealis also looks a lot like my worn-out grill scrubbing brush. Although it's tough as nails, either in part sun or light shade, plant twiggy spikemoss in a special spot where you won't lose it...alpine troughs are a good idea, since it grows either in soil or on rocks (epilithic). Oh, so cute and oh, so painfully slow!
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Other Attributes
Genus: Selaginella
Container Role: Fillers
Garden Themes: Fairy Garden Plants , Gnome Gardens , Living Wall
Other: Deer Resistant Plants , Drought Tolerant Plants , Groundcovers , Medicinal Plants , Plants from Japan , Rabbit Resistant Plants , Xeriscaping Plants