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Heath Pearlwort "Surprise" (Irish Moss Pearlwort)
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Irish Moss Pearlwort "Surprise" (Heath Pearlwort) - Sagina subulata.
A perennial plant that forms dense, small, evergreen cushions about 8 cm high, resembling green moss.
Sagina has branched, creeping stems covered with small leaves. It blooms profusely in July-September with white flowers up to 0.5 cm in diameter.
It grows well in sunny places with loamy soil. It is winter-hardy (Z4-Z9), but in snowless winters it can freeze.
Seeds are sown in boxes with light soil in May, and the grown plants are planted in a permanent place in June, at a distance of 5 cm.
It looks advantageous on rocky areas and in carpet compositions. It is exceptionally good for planting on terraces of rocky gardens of all types and between slabs of paths. Indispensable when creating mountain landscape compositions. It is the best imitation of moss thickets in "Japanese gardens".
A perennial plant that forms dense, small, evergreen cushions about 8 cm high, resembling green moss.
Sagina has branched, creeping stems covered with small leaves. It blooms profusely in July-September with white flowers up to 0.5 cm in diameter.
It grows well in sunny places with loamy soil. It is winter-hardy (Z4-Z9), but in snowless winters it can freeze.
Seeds are sown in boxes with light soil in May, and the grown plants are planted in a permanent place in June, at a distance of 5 cm.
It looks advantageous on rocky areas and in carpet compositions. It is exceptionally good for planting on terraces of rocky gardens of all types and between slabs of paths. Indispensable when creating mountain landscape compositions. It is the best imitation of moss thickets in "Japanese gardens".
* In nature, it grows in illuminated rocky and sandy places, mainly in Ireland.
The leaves of this plant are very small, have the appearance of needles, but soft. Due to this, the plant evaporates little moisture and easily tolerates drought and cold.
Sagina forms numerous shoots that take root easily. Due to this, it quickly forms a dense, uniform, carpet-type covering. If you regularly walk on the plants, the covering becomes denser and takes on the appearance of a dense carpet. If it is trampled little, then the Sagina grows in mounds.
It blooms with small white flowers with 5 petals. The stems are flexible and do not break.
It is used mainly on alpine slides, in rockeries, in stone gardens and on paths between stones. Recently, moss has increasingly become used as a lawn that does not need to be mowed, since such a lawn always looks neat and well-groomed: and during flowering, the lawn turns white, as if snow had fallen! At the same time, a pleasant, honey aroma reigns in the air!
Irish Moss Pearlwort, Heath Pearlwort. Bot.syn.: Spergula subulata Sw.
* Our ancestors used it to fatten pigs. The Latin name of the moss "sagina" means - feed. Of the 50 species growing in the temperate latitudes of Europe, the most common is the subulate moss (Sagina subulata).
Walking on it barefoot is a great pleasure, which also has a therapeutic effect. Thanks to the shoots pressed to the ground, densely covered with needle-like leaves, the bushes grow lush and dense.
From year to year, branched stems are superimposed on the previous ones, and as a result, after 3-4 years, a dense carpet is obtained, on which children frolic with pleasure.
Sagina is appropriate to use not only in decorative compositions at the foot of taller plants. It looks very impressive on rocky areas and between the slabs of paths. In addition, it can be used to imitate moss thickets in Japanese-style gardens. When Sagina blooms in July, the air is filled with a honey aroma that attracts bees. The plant blooms for almost two months.
This baby can be propagated by seeds and vegetatively: in small bunches-cushions. This is done in the spring or early autumn, so that the plant can take root before the frost. To quickly get a solid and uniform cover, plant at a distance of 10 cm in a checkerboard pattern.
Despite all the indisputable advantages, the plant also has disadvantages that can be successfully dealt with. Sagina is afraid of over-watering, especially in the fall, and can die in winter. Therefore, when planting, be sure to make a sand cushion that acts as drainage.
A little tiring is thorough weeding in the early stages of plant development (especially if it concerns seedlings). But the Sagina subulata is worth all the effort and very soon begins to delight with its beauty.
