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Irish moss
Irish moss
A low, mossy-looking carpet of tiny green leaves for between pavers, rockeries and sunny containers.
- Easy care
- Full sun to part shade
- Keep soil moist
- 1L grow bag
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Irish moss
R 30.00
About this plant
About this plant
Irish Moss
Also known as Sagina
Light:
- Requires full sun to partial shade
Watering:
- Soil drain well and be kept moist.
Note: Each individual plant is unique. This image is an example only, however the plant you receive will be as close as possible to this image description.
Note: Stem length indicated above is a guide to the estimated length rather than an exact length that you will receive.
Delivery and packaging
Delivery and packaging
We deliver nationwide with The Courier Guy: Pudo locker R89 or to your door R145. Gauteng customers can also collect in Boksburg (R25).
Orders ship from our depot within 7 working days, and most are on their way sooner. A few rarer plants are ordered in specially for you, which is why we allow 7 days. Couriers don't deliver on weekends.
Every order is packed by hand to survive the courier.
Healthy arrival guarantee
Healthy arrival guarantee
If your plant arrives dead or damaged, we replace it. Just let us know within 24 hours of receiving it and send us a few photos.
For everything else, see our refund policy.
Meet the plant
A soft green carpet for sunny gaps
Sagina subulata · also known as Irish moss, pearlwort, Scotch moss (golden form)
Native to Europe
Not a true moss but a tiny flowering plant that forms a dense, bright green cushion. Little white flowers can dot the carpet in spring and summer.
- A 1L grow bag of Irish moss at a budget-friendly price.
- Forms a soft, low carpet between pavers, stepping stones and rockeries.
- Takes full sun to partial shade, as long as the soil stays moist.
Where it thrives
The best spot in your home
Outdoors in full sun to partial shade; in the Highveld, a little afternoon shade in summer helps. It's best as a groundcover, not a closed terrarium plant.
Care card
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
- Water
- Keep moist, well drained
- Humidity
- Average is fine
- Temperature
- Handles frost and heat
- Soil
- Free-draining, moist soil
- Feeding
- Light feed in spring
- Growth
- Low, slowly spreading
- Outdoors
- Yes, sun to part shade
Care made simple
Your first weeks together
- Plant it in free-draining soil in full sun to partial shade, firming it in well.
- Keep the soil moist while it settles in, but never waterlogged.
- Water regularly in hot, dry spells, as it browns if it dries out.
Plant doctor
If you see this, do this
- Brown, dry patchesToo dry or too hot. Water more often and give it some afternoon shade in summer.
- Mushy, dying centreWaterlogged soil. Improve drainage and water less.
- Patchy, open growthToo much shade. Move it to a sunnier spot.
Questions
Good to know
What size will I receive?
What size will I receive?
A plant in a 1L grow bag. Every plant is unique; the photo shows the size to expect.
Can it go in a terrarium?
Can it go in a terrarium?
Not a closed one: it needs sun and airflow. A large, open, very bright container works better, or plant it outdoors.
Can I walk on it?
Can I walk on it?
It handles light foot traffic, which is why it's popular between stepping stones.
Packed to arrive alive
4.94 out of 5 from 1114 reviews
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