The short version: moss tolerates a far wider pH range than most plants. Acidic ground helps because your grass and weeds hate it, not because the moss loves it. Which is why the practical advice is to leave the soil poor and compact it, rather than improve it. Will moss grow on my site? · […]
The species named here are the ones we supply. Sheet moss and fern moss for a shady lawn, Bryum for sun, and the mounding acrocarps for borders and living mulch. Adding more than one species is the advice below, and it is the right advice. Why Mixed Plantings Last Longer See every species we supply […]
Netting is the answer to most of this. Pond netting at three eighths of an inch, pinned tight and left in place, disappears as the moss grows through it. It is the same technique used to hold newly laid moss on a slope, so it earns its keep twice. See live moss by the square […]
Making a moss dish garden? Cushion moss for the domed accents, sheet moss for the floor, mood moss on any stone. Sold from a quarter of a square foot, so a dish costs a few dollars of moss. See terrarium and dish garden moss To be fair, I should have warned Country Gardens […]
Haircap moss is the tallest species we carry. Upright stems, a miniature forest at close range, and the one to reach for on a slope or streambank that washes out. Sold by the square foot, and terrarium grade by the quarter. See haircap and the other shade species · live moss by the square foot […]