Re: Moss?
Pat wrote:
> Does anyone know of a mail order place that SELLS moss? I have a sunny
> dry spot that I would love to grow moss in, but can't find any. Is
> sunny and dry too much to ask of a moss?
>
> What else would you grow (low and spreading) over a rock covered bank,
> full sun, too far from the hose to water regularly?
> --
> Pat Mitchell
> pattm@execpc.com
> Zone 5 SE Wisconsin
A sunny, dry site would be asking too much of mosses -- unless you wanted
to put out a soaker hose and turn it into a sunny, moist spot.
Try the non-moss "mosses" like Irish/Scotch moss, Sagina subulata and
Arenaria verna. Also some of the small-leaved creeping sedums have a
moss-like appearance.
Dean Sliger
Warren, MI, USA
Zone 6B
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