Helxine soleirolia

Genus Soleirolia is a fast-growing, mat-forming perennial with creeping, rooting stems bearing small, rounded leaves and inconspicuous pinkish flowers Details S. It is a delicate-looking creeping herb with juicy bright green or yellow leaves and multitudes of tiny white flowers. It grows close to the ground in mats and is sometimes used in ornamental gardens alongside ferns and other moisture-loving types of plant. The leaves are usually slightly stalke about 5 mm across.

Soleirolia soleirolii ( Helxine soleirolii ) Forms a carpet of tiny green leaves just a few inches tall. A lovely ground cover plant and particularly pretty when used for edging paths.

Supplied as a clump grown in a 7cm pot. It’s also suitable for using in green walls (pictured), and as a substitute for moss in a Japanese garden. Despite looking pretty in cracks in paving, it re-grows from the smallest stem sections and can soon get out of control. It is especially difficult to control in the lawn.

The latin name soleirolia literally means “one species” and the plant also has a latin synonym Helxine soleirolii. It is also called baby’s tears, angels tears, mother-of-thousands , irish moss (although mind-your-own-business is not a moss) and the Corsican curse. It looks lovely in wall and patio crevices, spreading quickly to fill gaps, but regrows from the smallest sections of stem, and can be a nightmare to control once it gets into a lawn or borders. It forms dense bright green mats of foliage, and also has a golden form, with pretty white flowers in spring.

It is fast-growing and quickly establishes a soft ground-covering carpet that is ideal for creating an established atmosphere in the garden.

It lends itself well to tropical-look gardens and can create a variety of effects. It softens the areas around ponds, looks good. He has tried to get rid of it with lawn. Free Shipping Available. Looking For Great Deals?

Outdoors, you’ll usually find them as a ground cover or in ornamental gardens. They’re native to southern Europe, mainly Italy, Sardinia, and Corsica. Grow in full sun in cooler, coastal areas or in partial shade inland. Helxine is a delicate-looking creeping herb with juicy bright green or yellow leaves and multitudes of tiny white flowers. Native to the northern Mediterranean region in and around Italy and the nearby islands, Helxine soleirolii is a fast growing, half-hardy perennial and the only species within the Helxine genus.

About Helxine soleirolii Soleirolia is a wide-creeping evergreen perennial with slender, rooting, pink or green stems bearing tiny rounded leaves and minute pinkish-white flowers in summer. Possible solution to invasive Soleirolia ( Helxine ) soleirolii : I moved onto property in Monterey, California three years ago and discovered that my lawn was invaded by very healthy looking Baby Tears. This lawn is moderately shady and composed mostly of bluegrass, a poor choice for California. I shopped the local nurseries and websites for a. It is native to certain islands in the western Mediterranean, primarily including Corsica and Sardinia.

It is typically grown for its ornamental foliage. Upward growth is only 1-(sometimes to 5) tall, but plants spread. A creeping mat like perennial with tiny light green leaves.

This plant spreads to create a carpet of green and loves any cool, moist shaded place.

Helxine An ideal ground cover for moist, shady areas, but will tolerate sun or shade. Frost hardy, its leaves are killed by. Water freely in summer but keep just moist in winter. From a distance Baby’s Tears could easily be confused for moss, its low habit and dense mat of dainty little leaves cover the ground like a carpet.

Great plant for containers and perfect under rhododendrons and azaleas. Plant in a well protected area away from harsh elements.