Property News · January 15, 2017

The magical world of spike moss


Some mild-mannered foliage plants can perform astonishing transformationsThe world of indoor horticulture can sometimes seem all about the big and blousy, with species sporting the brightest flowers and showiest foliage dominating the garden centre shelves. But look a little closer at some of the more mild-mannered foliage plants and they can be even more astonishing. To me nowhere is this more apparent in the world than spike mosses, which offer up two of the best examples of all.The Resurrection Plant, Selaginella lepidophylla, hails from the deserts of Latin America and has the curious ability to enter an extreme form of dormancy where the whole plant desiccates almost entirely, withering to brown and rolling up into a tight ball. In this state plants can survive for months, even years, patiently waiting for rain – and indeed they are sold online like this as little brown, bare-rooted balls. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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