{"title":"Selaginella","description":"\u003cp\u003eThere are about 700 species of selaginella, a unique prehistoric fern relative. Native to variable climates (including North Carolina) from tropical to dry and from sun to shade; the genus \u003cem\u003eSelaginella\u003c\/em\u003e is truly a diverse group. We offer several of the easy-to-grow perennial woodland species. Selaginella plants are great as groundcovers near hostas, Solomon's Seal, and other bold-foliaged perennials.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003ch3\u003eSleaginella (Spikemoss) Growing Conditions\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eSpikemoss leaves are soft to the touch and low growing...a great groundcover filler for the woodland garden, pathway or shaded container. Some species are very drought-tolerant but others like marshy spots. The drought tolerant species may even turn brown and curl up during a drought, but will rehydrate with no problems once rain finally arrives.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"selaginella-uncinata-peacock-moss","title":"Selaginella uncinata","description":"\u003cp\u003e(aka: Didiclis uncinata) Peacock spikemoss (a prehistoric fern relative) is one of our favorite groundcovers for the woodland garden...we actually say that to all the \u003ca title=\"See more of our selaginellas\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plantdelights.sbs\/collections\/selaginella\"\u003eselaginellas\u003c\/a\u003e. Peacock spikemoss fern hails from Central China south into Vietnam. The low, spreading habit of Selaginella uncinata and the semi-evergreen metallic aquamarine foliage, overlaid on a green background, are sure to make visitors stop to admire this gem. The foliage color is best after the new fluorescent blue growth emerges in late spring. We have been thrilled with the performance of peacock moss in winter hardiness trials in western Michigan, where many years of temperatures to -15F have proven no problem.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eMaintenance:\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eSelaginella uncinata is an evergreen maintenance free perennial groundcover. About the only thing we ever do is trim the winter tattered foliage to the ground before the new growth begins in spring.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003ePeacock spikemoss fern roots down as it grows, so is easy to transplant to new locations. This can be done anytime the ground isn't frozen.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003ch3\u003eGrowing Conditions:\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003ePeacock moss grows well in both light open shade and part day full sun as long as the ground is reasonably moist.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003ch3\u003eGarden Value:\u003c\/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe foliage color of peacock spikemoss fern makes an amazing foil for a number of other plants, while keeping weeds at bay.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":21001095301,"sku":"1451","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Selaginella-uncinata.i-1451.s-64467.r-1.jpg?v=1792174139"},{"product_id":"selaginella-braunii-arborvitae-fern","title":"Selaginella braunii","description":"\u003cp\u003e(aka: Lycopodioides braunii) Selaginella braunii isn't a fern or an arborvitae, but instead is a member of an obscure plant gang known as the spikemosses. Named after 19th century German botanist\/pteridologist Alexander Braun, the dark green, lacy, semi-evergreen fronds of Braun's arborvitae fern rise to 18\" tall from a slowly creeping rhizome. In 3 years you could expect a 2' wide groundcover mass. The easy-to-grow, deer-resistant South China native, Selaginella braunii, is a textural garden highlight alongside bolder foliage like hosta, Solomon's seal, and ajuga.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWatch our \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Y5wwrd2D4a0?si=rxC_vniUZJRtq5kH\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePlant Spotlight\u003c\/a\u003e video for more information. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":21001120517,"sku":"1506","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Selaginella-braunii.i-1506.s-65879.r-1_84b5fa4b-f094-46ca-a39a-7f644d79dee2.jpg?v=1785864277"},{"product_id":"selaginella-moellendorffii","title":"Selaginella moellendorffii","description":"\u003cp\u003e(aka: Kungiselaginella moellendorffii) This easy-to-grow small Chinese Selaginella moellendorffii has proven to be a reliable performer in our garden as well as a favorite with visitors. Each clump, which resembles a fern run over by a lawn mower, makes a 5\" tall x 1' wide \u003ca title=\"more woodland groundcovers\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plantdelights.sbs\/collections\/perennial-groundcovers-plants-flowering\"\u003ewoodland groundcover\u003c\/a\u003e. The delicate ferny green foliage takes on a delightful russet color in winter. Each frond bears tiny plantlets (your new word for the day is \"gemmiferous\") that drop off and form new colonies where they land...great for a difficult site in the woodland garden!\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":21025238277,"sku":"3228","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Selaginella-moellendorffii.i-3228.s-63950.r-1.jpg?v=1790338535"},{"product_id":"selaginella-borealis","title":"Selaginella borealis","description":"\u003cp\u003e(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 \u003ca title=\"selaginella\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plantdelights.sbs\/collections\/selaginella\"\u003eselaginella\u003c\/a\u003e, 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!\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWatch our \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0bfyWSB6gfo\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePlant Spotlight\u003c\/a\u003e video for more information. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":21026471621,"sku":"5120","price":20.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Selaginella-borealis.i-5120.s-66400.r-1.jpg?v=1791407038"},{"product_id":"selaginella-apoda","title":"Selaginella apoda","description":"\u003cp\u003e(aka: Lycopodioides apodum) We're known for selling esoteric plants, so here's another. Selaginella apoda is one of those native plants (moist meadows and stream banks from Rhode Island south to Mexico) that just doesn't get any respect. That's often what happens when you have no flowers, no leaves, and not much in the way of roots. To say Selaginella apoda is new, however, would be a grand understatement since it was named by the granddaddy of taxonomy, Carl Linnaeus back in 1753...although as a lycopodium. Selaginella apoda makes a very low-growing 2\" tall groundcover that resembles a discarded mass of mangled green pipe-cleaners. It's best planted in moist, organic woodland soils, although it's really thrived in our half day sun rock garden. We have found this to be one of the best performing garden selaginellas we grow...splendid as a woodland groundcover.\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":21028156677,"sku":"7655","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Selaginella-apoda.i-7655.s-67496.r-1.jpg?v=1791997942"},{"product_id":"selaginella-bigelovii-isabella","title":"Selaginella bigelovii Isabella","description":"\u003cp\u003e(aka: Bryodesma bigelovii) For 2024, Plant Delights\/JLBG is pleased to introduce another North American spikemoss that's virtually absent form the horticultural trade. Selaginella bigelovii is a West Coast species, and our offering is of a David Schwartz collection from Isabella Lake in Kern County, California at the southern edge of Sierra Nevada Mountains. In other words, this has no business growing here in hot, humid, North Carolina with our 46\" annual rainfall. Nevertheless, Selaginella bigelovii 'Isabella' has thrived in a hot, sunny spot in our gravelly soil, rock garden since 2003, where it has formed a 6\" tall x 3' wide patch in two decades.\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41175864246359,"sku":"17691","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Selaginella-bigelovii-Isabella.i-17691.s-67782.r-1_c316e56d-ba87-4b0f-901d-86c44b98c613.jpg?v=1789139765"},{"product_id":"selaginella-ludoviciana-avery-island","title":"Selaginella ludoviciana Avery Island","description":"\u003cp\u003eSelaginella ludoviciana 'Avery Island' is a little-known Southeast (Florida panhandle to Mississippi) coastal native spikemoss, that's quite rare, and considered vulnerable (G3 rank) through most of its range. It's first cousin to the superficially similar looking, but wider distributed Selaginella apoda. Our offering is propagated from plants on the Avery Island salt dome, the westernmost native population. Gulf spikemoss is a low-growing, spreading species that resembles a ferny version of blue rug juniper. It loves to grow in moist soils in open shade. In the wild, it's typically found growing in seeps over alkaline outcrops. In the garden, it makes a magical groundcover when happy.\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41463541891159,"sku":"18276","price":18.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Selaginella-ludoviciana-Avery-Island.i-18276.s-67978.r-1_31f89a77-7500-4c7b-8d0e-3c6e1248fc14.jpg?v=1789045653"},{"product_id":"selaginella-tortipila-southern-twist","title":"Selaginella tortipila Southern Twist","description":"\u003cp\u003e(aka: A6SC-039 Bryodesma tortipilum) Selaginella tortipila 'Southern Twist' is our 2026 Plant Delights\/JLBG introduction of the very rare (G3 ranked) kinky-hair spikemoss. Native only to a small region at the convergence of NC, Tennessee, South Carolina, and Georgia, it is found on high elevation, seasonally moist, granite and sandstone rock outcrops as an epilithic lithophyte. For us, it has thrived in our gravelly, full sun rock garden where it makes a fuzzy evergreen carpet to 2' wide in three years.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Plant Delights Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42450491899991,"sku":"18401","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/files\/Selaginella-tortipila-Southern-Twist.i-18401.s-68353.r-1.jpg?v=1779466198"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1527\/8799\/collections\/Selaginella-apoda-1900x350.jpg?v=1688588298","url":"https:\/\/www.plantdelights.sbs\/collections\/selaginella.oembed","provider":"Plant Delights Nursery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}