Golden Carpet Moss

Crista castrensis is now considered to be a member of the genus ptilium.

Golden carpet moss.

Each plant reaches a height of 9 inches with a spread of up to 2 feet. Carpet moss 5 square feet as its name suggests is an evergreen plant that carpets the ground. During the summer golden sedum is adorned with masses of tiny bright yellow star shaped blooms. Sheet moss used by florists is usually a golden green species h.

It looks almost velvety. The feather moss or plume moss formerly h. In the spring the carpet moss is golden green and turns dark green as it gets older. The edges of the leaves have long narrow cells which grow in pairs and make the margins look serrated.

Golden sedum sedum kamtschaticum is a fast growing sedum often used as an attractive ground cover on dry difficult slopes or banks. Small clusters of tiny star shaped bright yellow flowers adorned with protruding stamens bloom just above the foliage throughout most of the summer. Sedum acre commonly called common stonecrop or gold moss stonecrop is a tiny rhizomatous tuberous rooted carpet forming evergreen succulent perennial which typically grows to only 3 tall but spreads in a moss like fashion along the ground to 24 or more to form an interesting and often impressive ground cover. Moss does not have actual roots stems or leaves like other plants.

Very hardy and drought tolerant sedum acre gold moss is a low growing mat forming evergreen succulent perennial with tangled stems clothed with conical bright green leaves. It darkens in color from a golden tone to a forest green hue as it ages. It has fleshy toothed green leaves brighter than p. Find ground cover at lowe s today.

The editors of encyclopaedia britannica this article was most recently revised and updated by melissa petruzzello assistant editor. Its leaves grow parallel to each other and taper off to a point at the end. Browse pictures and read growth cultivation information about sedum species gold moss sedum golden carpet stonecrop sedum acre supplied by member gardeners in the plantfiles database at dave.