Baby’s-Tears (Angel’s-Tears, Corsican Carpet Plant)
Soleirolia soleirolii (formerly Helxine soleirolii). URTICACEAE.
Planting and Growing Baby’s-Tears
You’ll find everything you need to know to plant and grow baby’s-tears in the accompanying table’s tabs:
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- Flowers, foliage, and root structure of baby’s-tears
- Plant hardiness and growing conditions for baby’s-tears
- Season of bloom and planting time for baby’s-tears
- When, how deep, and where to plant baby’s-tears
- How to plant baby’s-tears
- Watering, fertilizing, care, and pests or diseases of baby’s-tears
- Landscape and container uses of baby’s-tears
- Comments about baby’s-tears and its features
Growing Baby’s-Tears
Several cultivars of low, creeping, evergreen perennial herbs, to 5 in. (13 cm) tall. Shiny, bright green, round, sometimes heart-shaped leaves, 1/4‑in. (6‑mm) wide, on short stems that root wherever they have soil contact.
Planting and Care Guide
Blooms
Insignificant flowers; grown for foliage.
Best Climates
Tender. Plant as annual, zones 3–7; ground hardy, zones 8–10. Best in mild, cool-summer climates.
Soil Type and Fertility
Moist, well-drained humus. Fertility: Rich–average. 6.5–7.5 pH.
Where and How to Plant
Spring in full sun to partial shade, 8–10 in. (20–25 cm) apart, after frost hazard has passed.
Proper Care
Easy. Keep evenly moist. Fertilize quarterly. Propagate by cuttings, division.
About This Plant
Good choice for ground covers, paths in cottage, small-space, woodland gardens and indoor terrariums. Invasive. Disease resistant. Slug, snail susceptible.