Carpet mosses add natural beauty and texture to terrariums, gardens, and outdoor spaces. At Highland Moss, we offer fresh, live mosses that are naturally sourced and perfect for just about any project. Explore our range of budget-friendly options to find the right moss for your needs.
Introduce the vibrant Springy Turf Moss (Rhytidiadelphus Squarrosus) to your garden or natural displays. This common moss features shoots up to 10-15 cm long, with star-like, spreading leaves that create a lush, textured appearance. Perfect for lawns, terrariums, or natural crafts, it thrives in grasslands, heathlands, and wetlands. As a natural product, slight variations and small pieces of debris may be present but can be easily rinsed out at home.
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Discover the unique beauty of Waved Silk Moss, a large and striking moss with pale green, wavy leaves. Growing up to several centimeters long, this moss adds a distinctive texture to any natural setting, making it ideal for woodland gardens, terrariums, or creative projects. As a natural product, there may be slight variations and small pieces of forest debris, which can be easily rinsed out at home.
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Delve into the natural charm of Cypress-Leaved Plait Moss, a versatile and visually striking moss celebrated for its adaptability. Its slender to medium-sized shoots, typically about 2 cm long, feature strongly curved leaves that taper to a fine point, adding a delicate yet dynamic texture to any setting. The shoots display a vibrant green hue, with older parts tinged in warm, brownish tones, contributing to its rustic appeal.
This moss is perfect for eco-gardeners and botanical enthusiasts who appreciate both beauty and biodiversity. Frequently producing capsules with a characteristically beaked lid, this moss is not just visually appealing but also supports a variety of other plant species in its ecosystem. Whether it’s growing on acidic to slightly base-rich bark, siliceous rock, decaying wood, or rocky terrains, its ecological adaptability makes it a valuable addition to any garden or moss collection.
Use Cypress-Leaved Plait Moss to cover tree trunks, decorate garden rocks, or enhance shaded garden beds. It’s also ideal for terrariums or mossariums, as a soil topper, or as part of a creative project, bringing a touch of nature into any environment. Caring for this moss is simple: indoors, maintain high humidity and shade by misting frequently to keep its delicate leaves hydrated. Outdoors, plant it in shaded areas with moisture-retentive soil to replicate its native growth conditions.
Embrace the beauty and ecological benefits of Cypress-Leaved Plait Moss and transform your green spaces into a lush, vibrant, and educational haven.
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Experience the wild beauty of Scottish forests with our Little Shaggy Moss. Handpicked from permitted areas, this robust and spreading moss brings a piece of the tranqul woodland right to your garden or indoor moss projects. Celebrated for its thick shoots and vibrant green ‘leaves’, it’s as stunning in appearance as it is versatile in use.
Features:
Distinctive Botanical Profile: Featuring irregularly pinnate, long shoots (15–20 cm), with a pleated surface and a red stem that contrasts beautifully against the greenery.
Unique Leaf Structure: Leaves are about 3 mm long, with a broad oval base narrowing to a tapering tip, curved and uniformly pointing in one direction, enhancing the moss’s lush texture.
Adaptable for Indoor and Outdoor Settings: Ideal for terrariums, green walls, moss lawns, or as part of a serene Japanese garden.
Fertility and Growth: It’s not uncommon to find fertile stems, with a 2 mm long, curved capsule borne on a striking red seta about 3 cm long.
Natural Habitat: Thrives in acidic, wooded upland areas and grasslands, indicative of its hardiness and low maintenance needs.
Care Instructions:
Indoors, place in cool, shaded areas, misting every few days.
Outdoors, plant in acidic, moisture-retentive soil, in shaded or semi-shaded areas to mimic its natural, wooded habitat.
We have supplied this moss with great success for many show gardens, including The Beardy Gardener for BBC Gardeners World Live (Gold Medal), Caley Bros at RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2023 (Gold Medal) and this year for The National Autistic Society Garden at RHS Chelsea (fingers crossed for another gold medal)!
You may receive one or more pieces depending on the size of the individual sheets.
Please note that as we have the sheet moss in its natural state, there will be variances in the colour and shape of the moss. We may pick a very similar species in some circumstances.
To keep our moss at the highest quality, we only keep a limited stock of a few square metres of each type at a time. We can quickly gather moss for any larger orders, but please allow for up to 10 days for us to pick, pack and ship your moss if you require a large amount.
