Choosing the right container for growing moss is essential for success. The wrong container will poison the moss or stop it spreading, and the damage can take weeks to show. Below is a guide on choosing the right container for growing moss. Glass, ceramic and stone are the safe bets. Terrarium grade moss is hand […]
Fern moss is the one to start a dish like this with. It gives the feathery texture in the photograph, wants shade to part shade with steady moisture, and is sold from a quarter of a square foot for containers. See live fern moss · moss for containers and dish gardens Nary a breeze to […]
Mixing mounding and creeping moss is what makes a dish look grown rather than planted. Cushion and mood moss give the mounds, sheet moss creeps between them and knits the whole thing together. Both are sold from a quarter of a square foot, which is more than an eight inch dish needs. See live moss […]
Moss under glass, in earnest. Twelve species for terrariums and closed builds, hand cleaned and pest checked, sold from a quarter of a square foot. Sheet moss for the floor, cushion and mood moss as the accents. See live terrarium moss · the moss myths, including the ticks The crane snubs moss under glass. Once […]
Moss Myths Moss misconceptions abound. Is it true a rolling stone gathers no moss? To better understand moss, I asked David Spain with Moss and Stone Gardens, to enlighten us with the truth about mosses, dispelling many common moss myths. Wondering if moss will grow on your ground? The honest test is light and moisture, not soil. […]
Made a hypertufa trough? Wash it with vinegar first: fresh hypertufa is strongly alkaline and moss wants the opposite, around pH 5. Once it is neutralised, cushion moss mounds into the hollows and sheet moss covers the flat ground. Both are sold from a quarter of a square foot. See live moss for containers and […]
Both mosses in this dish are on our shelves. Mood moss, also sold as rock cap moss, makes the mounded colonies. Cushion moss, also sold as pillow moss, rounds them out. Sold from a quarter of a square foot, cut the week you order. See live moss for containers and dish gardens · every species […]
Cracks and crevices are where a moss dish comes alive. Mood moss, also sold as rock cap moss, mounds into a contour and holds it. Sheet moss fills the flat ground between. Both are sold from a quarter of a square foot, which is more than a dish this size takes. See live moss for […]
Two of the mosses in this dish are on our shelves. Cushion moss, also sold as pillow moss, is the acrocarp making the domes. Mood moss, also sold as rock cap moss, is the other. Both are sold from a quarter of a square foot, which is more than a dish this size needs. See […]
Two things make a moss dish work. Drainage, so water leaves quickly rather than standing, and almost no soil, because moss takes nothing from it and depth only invites weeds. A six inch dish needs well under a quarter of a square foot of moss. See live moss for containers and dish gardens Marrying moss […]