spikemoss Archives - Juniper Level Botanic Garden

Wright’s Spikemoss

We’ve got a thing for botanical oddities….plants that only a mother could love, and the spikemosses certainly fit that bill. We currently grow 19 different winter hardy species, which include 10 North American native species, and 9 from other lands. Current taxonomic trends are splitting the spikemosses into an array of different genera, making it

Golden Sprites

We love the winter color forms of the fascinating spikemoss, Selaginella tamariscina. This Asian (China, Japan, Korea, Russia, India, Taiwan, Thailand, and Philipines) native naturally has solid green foliage, but through the centuries, Japanese gardeners have made countless selections with colored foliage. I’m particularly fond of Selaginella ‘Golden Sprite’ (below). In growth, these make very

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