Seasonal Color Growers

Providing quality annuals and perennials for landscape professionals since 1999

Ferns - Perennial

Arborvitae Fern
Selaginella braunii

This lovely plant adds great texture and rich green color to your shaded garden but it's not really a fern or an arborvitae, it's in a family of spikemosses. Use in moist but well drained soils in partial to shaded areas. The club moss will form a matted ground cover that quickly shades out weeds. It's easy to grow, deer resistant and can tolerate heavy shade.

Slow growing, semi-evergreen ground cover. Very low maintenance.
  • Planting + Care

Size & Spacing

  • Bed Spacing: 18"
  • Container Spacing: 8"
  • Mature Width: 18-24"
  • Mature Height: 6-12"

Planting Type

  • Ground Cover

Seasons

  • Early Spring
  • Spring
  • Summer
  • Fall
  • Winter

Type

  • Perennial

Sun/Shade

  • Partial Sun
  • Shade

Growth Habit

  • Mounding
  • Water Requirements

    • Normal

    Fertilizer

    • Average

Resistant to

  • Deer
  • Rabbits

Other

  • Foliage Interest

Bloom/Interest Range

  • Jan
  • Feb
  • Mar
  • Apr
  • May
  • Jun
  • Jul
  • Aug
  • Sep
  • Oct
  • Nov
  • Dec