Peacock Spikemoss
Selaginella uncinata
Named after its striking, iridescent, bluish-green summer foliage that changes to a rusty-rose in the winter months. It is a semi-evergreen, spreading groundcover that is winter hardy in zone 6, once established.
| Key feature: | Groundcover |
| Plant types: | Groundcover, Fern |
| Deciduous/evergreen: | Semi-evergreen |
| Cold hardiness zones: | 6 - 10 |
| Light needs: | Full shade |
| Water Needs: | Water regularly, when top 3 in. of soil is dry. |
| Average landscape size: | Slowly spreads, growing 3 to 6 in. tall. |
| Growth rate: | Slow |
| Growth habit: | Spreading |
| Landscape use: | Container |
| Blooms: | Inconspicuous |
| Foliage color: | Blue-green |
| Item no.: | 7702 |
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Care Information
Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. As a groundcover, space plants 2 ft. to 3 ft. apart, (closer for faster coverage). Control weeds with mulch until the plants cover the area.
Design Ideas
This dramatic shade plant looks terrific planted under Azaleas and Maples, or trailing from hanging baskets on the patio.
Named after its striking, iridescent, bluish-green summer foliage that changes to a rusty-rose in the winter months. It is a semi-evergreen, spreading groundcover that is winter hardy in zone 6, once established.
Care Information
Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. As a groundcover, space plants 2 ft. to 3 ft. apart, (closer for faster coverage). Control weeds with mulch until the plants cover the area.
Design Ideas
This dramatic shade plant looks terrific planted under Azaleas and Maples, or trailing from hanging baskets on the patio.
| Key feature: | Groundcover |
| Plant types: | Groundcover, Fern |
| Deciduous/evergreen: | Semi-evergreen |
| Cold hardiness zones: | 6 - 10 |
| Light needs: | Full shade |
| Water Needs: | Water regularly, when top 3 in. of soil is dry. |
| Average landscape size: | Slowly spreads, growing 3 to 6 in. tall. |
| Growth rate: | Slow |
| Growth habit: | Spreading |
| Landscape use: | Container |
| Blooms: | Inconspicuous |
| Foliage color: | Blue-green |
| Item no.: | 7702 |
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