Latin: Sagina subulata
Common: Irish Moss, Pearlwort
Zone: 4 to 8
Height: 2.0-4.0 Inches
Width: 8.0 Inches
Exposure: Full Sun/ Partial Shade
Flower Season: Late spring to early summer
Flower Color: White
Fragrance: N/A
Fall Color: N/A
Notes: A creeping, moss-like, evergreen groundcover that can be used as a replacement for lawn in cool-summer regions. Irish Moss is especially beautiful growing between pavers and flagstones on a path or wall. It can also be used as an underplanting beneath taller plants. Delightful tiny white flowers appear atop the tight green carpet of foliage from late spring to midsummer.