Sagina Subulata or
Heath Pearlwort is a low-growing, bit of a grass like, green staying perennial plant that makes a 5 cm. thick, dense mat with little white flowers
(4–5 mm diameter). Its flowering from May to August. It can make a lawn or it can be used on smaller spots to fill up. It can handle dry sandy or gravelly soils. Because of the small flowers and leaves it never looks out of scale and can be used in foreground landscape details.
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| Flowering Heath Pearlwort, May 2019 |
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| May 2019 |
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| Heath Pearlwort looks nicely in scale between Thyme (top) and Soleirolia. May 2019 |
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| It easily covered the side track. May 2019 |
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| A bed of Heath Pearlwort, just before bloom early May 2019 |
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