Alma Whittaker spent twenty five years on moss. You can start with a square foot. Sheet moss is where most gardens begin, in shade with steady moisture, and it reads as finished ground the day it goes down. See live moss by the square foot · the twelve species we supply Finally, moss takes center […]
A shaded lot where grass keeps failing is the classic case for moss. This one used fern moss as the ground cover, boulders for structure and Japanese maples for height, on ground the owners had already spent years fighting. See more gardens we have designed · talk it through with a moss specialist Sometimes the […]
Taking moss off the list of weeds to spray. That was the point of the episode and it is still the point here. Moss needs no mowing, no fertilizer, no herbicide and no irrigation once it is established, which is why it holds ground where a lawn keeps failing. Moss Was Never a Weed See […]
Moss around stone, gravel and water. It is the surface that makes a rock feature read as settled rather than new, and it needs no soil: cut to fit, pressed onto compacted ground, and it holds by contact. See moss for rock, stone and water features One of my favorite movies is Love Affair from […]
A moss garden is a habitat, not just a surface. No mowing, no feeding, no chemicals, which is why things live in it that will not live in a lawn. See live moss for landscaping · will moss grow on my site? I spend a fair amount of time observing the small and tiny features […]
Moss thrives on neglect and poor ground. That is not a consolation prize, it is the whole proposition: no mowing, no feeding, no irrigation once established, and it holds ground where nothing else will. Will moss grow on my site? · live moss by the square foot This past week I took a few days […]
The welcome mat, should you wish to lay one. A tiny offering of moss is all it takes, and a square foot of sheet moss is several thousand individual plants. We cannot promise Hobbit houses. We can promise the moss, cut the week you order. See live moss by the square foot · the Faerie […]
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 […]
The pots are long gone, the moss is not. A three-inch dish takes about a quarter of a square foot, and the care really is as forgiving as this post says: mist when you think of it, and it will wait weeks without you. See terrarium and dish garden moss Cheeky, catchy, charming, […]
Time twisted, rounded, knotty growth, creates the base of this root burl, moss and fern planter. Crevices and craters cover this found relic of an old oak tree,