Moss everywhere!

4 Jul '06 8:23 pm

Hee..hee! As the saying goes, one man's meat is another man's poison! Laughing

I'm definitely learning something here, never knew that there are different types of moss - flowering moss, moss for sale, moss evolving into peat. I'll definitely google search this word for further info. Just to add, the moss in my garden is rich to dark green in colour and less than half a inch in height, carpeting the top soil during the very wet season. Thanks, dear Christopher for your insights and advice too, I'll remove them completely!

4 Jul '06 9:07 pm

Lush beauty that's tough and carefree!

Irish Moss forms a lush 1" emerald green carpet of moss-like foliage with delicate white flowers in midsummer. Hardy enough for sunny or shady locations. Flowers bloom on short 2-4" stalks. Irish Moss is just the ground cover you need for rock gardens and planting between stepping stones or pavers. Stays green all year. Hardy in zones 4-8.

I found this interesting.

Christopher

15 Jul '06 3:25 am

...but I've noticed you mention zones sometimes, Christopher, and I wondered how they worked - it seems to be to do with climate, but which zones have which climates, and do you know which zone I'm in?

Thanks Smile

15 Jul '06 7:16 pm

15 Jul '06 8:36 pm

Zones are interesting to me - I know they're important when one lives and gardens on a continent such as North America. I suspect that us islanders can do without them, but boy! You just have to read, for example, an australian gardening magazine to see how totally different the gardens on a bigger land mass are in different places.

Bambi - could you say if you get a lot of wind in your garden? I'd always thought that New Zealand was a far windier gardening place than Britain. Then when I was there in May the winds were quite awful! Reminded me of home!

1 Aug '06 5:15 am

Thanks for that Christopher, that's quite a helpful little map. I would say, however, that they've put the south of England in zone 8 when I would say we're more zone 9 as I can't remember the last time we went below -5 Celcius, but it's good as a general guide!

Moosey, in general I would say we're not too bad wind-wise as a country, except if you're on the moors or near the coast obviously. My own garden is very sheltered, even though we're at the top of a hill, as it's mostly walled and where there isn't wall there are fairly high trees. That may sound like we're enclosed and squashed in but we love our garden as it's so secluded - even though we live in the suburbs of London and there are a lot of houses around, we can still have the privacy and seclusion that we love.

Moss everywhere!

Moss of different species?

Flowering Moss

This may be a silly question...

2b or Not 2b, That is the Question

Zones and Wind

Ah, I see...