Soleirolia (Helxine) soleirolii, Baby's Tears סולירוליה (הלקסינה) זוחלת דמעות תינוק
Family: Campanulaceae | Origin: Southern Europe
When you strall through Shtiley Har you sometimes come across small and low mats of tiny, rich green leaves.
Some of these have been in frequently wet corners for many years and are somewhat reminiscent of the moss carpets that are common here in winter, but do not disappear with the arrival of summer.
Creeping Solirolia or by its old nickname Baby's Tears, is the plant that creates the beautiful carpets: it is a creeping plant that spreads with short ground-hugging stems and creates a dense and low carpet of tiny, rounded leaves.
In the summer, microscopic and hardly noticeable flowers are also added, but the dense green appearance is the main thing.
Bayb's Tears grows well under conditions of very regular watering and full or partial shade, even in heavy soil, in rocky areas and in the garden.
It does well also with light root competition if the topsoil is moist. It spreads not aggressively and creates a beautiful green perennial cover.
It is also very suitable for covering the ground under tall plants, in containers and under reasonable conditions will last for years and will come back even if slightly damaged in the harsher winters of the high mountain.
You can also plant it in a wide pot or in a hanging basket, where it will create a carpet or even a small spherical mound and plant under it moisture-resistant geophytes that bloom in the shade, such as snowbells, rhodophiala, hyacinth and others, which will break through the dense cushion and surprise in their season.
You can also plant it in a wide pot or in a hanging basket, where it will create a carpet or even a small spherical mound and plant under it moisture-resistant geophytes that bloom in the shade, such as snowbells, rhodophiala, hyacinth and others, which will break through the dense cushion and surprise in their season.
This plant should not be confused with the small-leaved Pilea species, which are also called baby's tears here and are marginal for the Jerusalem winter, but do well indoors.
The name Soleirolia honors the memory of Joseph François Soleirol who collected many plants from the island of Corsica in the first half of the 19th century.
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