AlainK
Imperial Masterpiece
Bonsai Nut is quite right.
There are hundreds of different types of moss, growing in different environments and having different properties, a fascinating world that some once took to a passion: "A passing fad for moss-collecting in the late 19th century led to the establishment of mosseries in many British and American gardens. The mossery is typically constructed out of slatted wood, with a flat roof, open to the north side (maintaining shade). Samples of moss were installed in the cracks between wood slats. The whole mossery would then be regularly moistened to maintain growth."
The whole article on Wikipedia is worth reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moss
Actually I'm writing this reply because that brought back memories of a time when there was no internet, a black and white TV at home, when I was 7 or 8 years old. I remember playing outside, and making landscape for my plastic cow-boys and indians with moss, sedums and other plants that are probably used now as shitakusa or kusamono. First time I've remembered that for ages!
Wow! An early vocation that stayed dormant for decades?...
Pleasingly Freudian...
There are hundreds of different types of moss, growing in different environments and having different properties, a fascinating world that some once took to a passion: "A passing fad for moss-collecting in the late 19th century led to the establishment of mosseries in many British and American gardens. The mossery is typically constructed out of slatted wood, with a flat roof, open to the north side (maintaining shade). Samples of moss were installed in the cracks between wood slats. The whole mossery would then be regularly moistened to maintain growth."
The whole article on Wikipedia is worth reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moss
Actually I'm writing this reply because that brought back memories of a time when there was no internet, a black and white TV at home, when I was 7 or 8 years old. I remember playing outside, and making landscape for my plastic cow-boys and indians with moss, sedums and other plants that are probably used now as shitakusa or kusamono. First time I've remembered that for ages!
Wow! An early vocation that stayed dormant for decades?...
Pleasingly Freudian...