Moss problem

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• clematisdorset Posts: 1,348

  March 2023

  Slow-worm said:

  The nice fat garden one I think is cushion/pin cushion moss, and I just googled the proper name, lol, which is Leucobryum glaucum.

  I used to see those quite a bit but not for ages. I remember seeing them on rocks in a rock garden and they always made me smile but of course the 'work' that moss contributes to the ecosystem is incredible. I think the moss from the rooves I found falls into the category of sphagnum ( I am going by the photo identifiers so I am no means certain). 

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• clematisdorset Posts: 1,348

  March 2023

  @Buttercupdays ooh thank you for your link, I will have to watch that. Goodness, what an unusual propagation method too! 

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• B3 Posts: 27,505

  March 2023 edited March 2023

  @Slow-worm. Whooda thunk there were so many mosses. And with such names. Great hairy screw moss !
  I'm going to have a proper look at mine tomorrow. 

  In London. Keen but lazy.

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• bédé Posts: 3,095

  March 2023 edited March 2023

  There was a recent programme on Moss on Sky Arts (freeview**).  I found it very interesting. It will repeat sometime.
  
  **later:  Actually I don't recall any adverts, it might have been BBC.  
  
  Worth trying a moss garden under beech trees as at the Saville Gardens.  But it takes a lot of hand weeding; you need lots of Japanese under-gardeners.

   location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand.
  "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."

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