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Your cart is empty.Slight earthy smell. Can be attached with string, hot glue, or wire. Used in scale modeling, home decor, plant arrangements, accent pieces, crafting, and fairy gardens. This Mood Moss (Hylocomium splendens) was carefully and sustainable harvested directly from the lush green hills of Appalachia. Each order is carefully hand packed by our greenhouse in resealable bags to ensure the integrity of your moss pillows during shipment. Though your moss is fresh and alive, you will notice that your moss may not be wet to the touch. We ship live moss this way to reduce mold and bacteria growth in transit. Upon receipt, we advise that you use your moss immediately in your tank, terrarium, bonsai, kokedama, or fairy garden. Historical Uses: In the past, moss from this area was used to chink cabins, stuff mattresses, and line both cradles and coffins. Currently, the horticultural trade uses moss as packing material, hanging basket liners, and soil covers for potted plants or terrariums. Moss is also used in arts and crafts and in moss gardens and green roofs. Moss Structure: Moss is actually catchall phrase for over 12,000 different species of non-vascular plants in the plant Division Bryophyta (sensu stricto). The plants are low growing, and rarely reach above a few centimeters in height. This plant relies mainly on spore-based propagation methods. Moss is most notable for using a single of layer of cells which lack internal air spaces for photosynthesis, and using rhizoids instead of roots to anchor them to the substrate.
SGA
August 29, 2025
Bought this 4 years ago and planted outdoors in NYC yard. We have lots of shade from trees and plants where grass won't grow, but this moss has done so well! I was lazy when I first received the bag, and didn't do anything with it for a few weeks. It had turned brown and I thought it was dead. Planted it anyway by spreading clumps across the yard. Those little clumps looked pathetic, so I didn't have much hope for this working. Over the 4 years, it has spread. The moss is very beautiful and lush. Great texture and look to it. I've ordered more to cover other separated areas of the yard and to replace areas previously covered with mulch. This looks so much better than mulch and does a better job retaining soil and moisture.
Angela Girard
August 19, 2025
The moss was very nice and soft but after putting into my reptile enclosure I started seeing lots of fire ants coming out of the moss. Now I'll have to remove the moss and all of the substrate to get rid of the ants.
lewis
August 12, 2025
Perfect for terrium. More of a brown moss then green. Also good ground cover for plants. Good aquarium substrate, but needs gravel to keep down, and four weeks of tank changes.Thank-you.
John Burman
August 4, 2025
Ok, so the moss came green and beautiful in a bag that allows it to breathe. I had put it aside for a project and had forgotten about it for a few months. The moss has since browned and that's 100% my fault. It also started to grow mold, which again is my fault. Today I can say that it seems like it'll bounce back with some TLC. Point is, the moss is good quality. It comes with the root system intact, with some substrate. Which brings me to my next point. The bag says no pets. This is true, yet I found two isopods inside a few months back (which have since survived and are now added to my isopods culture of various unknown breeds). So it seems wherever this is growing has isopods. I must say, the isopods are beautiful, a nice orangey-marbled pattern. Yet, this may not be good for everyone. That said, ISOPODS ARE NOT PESTS. They are beneficial to a terrarium, and help keep rot under control. I'm not upset, yet I will say I had to mention it.
Chris R.
July 31, 2025
When it arrived it was in great shape, nice green color and moist. However, after only a few days it's now turning brown. I called the number provided and he was very friendly and willing to help out and gave me some pointers on care. Thanks for the help!!The first picture is the day I received it and the second was 3 days later. I'm sure it's something I'm doing wrong. I'm misting it a few times a day. The gentleman did say that this miss does not like sun and I had it next to a grow light for some other plants... My bad. I moved it and will update this review in a week.
Ryan Conner
May 19, 2025
I made a terrarium with half of the bag of moss.. After noticing ants in my SEALED terrarium, I looked in the moss package I resealed, cut some bottom off the moss and so many little ants were in all of the moss.. I think I took out all of the ants and knocked alot of them off of the unused moss but this is good quality moss, other than ants..
digitalbeachbum
May 8, 2025
This stuff is awesome for your bonsai. Really top notch moss.(update)After a year it all died on me. I kept it in a shade area and I used it for bonsai. It did well and then suddenly died off. Only very small sections of it are alive now. There was also a shady area on the side of the house were there was no sun. I stuffed a few pieces down near the rain spout but not directly in the path of the water. It lasted for about a year then died. It is sad because it is a beautiful moss.
SGA
May 3, 2025
Bought this 4 years ago and planted outdoors in NYC yard. We have lots of shade from trees and plants where grass won't grow, but this moss has done so well! I was lazy when I first received the bag, and didn't do anything with it for a few weeks. It had turned brown and I thought it was dead. Planted it anyway by spreading clumps across the yard. Those little clumps looked pathetic, so I didn't have much hope for this working. Over the 4 years, it has spread. The moss is very beautiful and lush. Great texture and look to it. I've ordered more to cover other separated areas of the yard and to replace areas previously covered with mulch. This looks so much better than mulch and does a better job retaining soil and moisture.
Angela Girard
April 26, 2025
The moss was very nice and soft but after putting into my reptile enclosure I started seeing lots of fire ants coming out of the moss. Now I'll have to remove the moss and all of the substrate to get rid of the ants.
lewis
March 23, 2025
Perfect for terrium. More of a brown moss then green. Also good ground cover for plants. Good aquarium substrate, but needs gravel to keep down, and four weeks of tank changes.Thank-you.
John Burman
March 17, 2025
Ok, so the moss came green and beautiful in a bag that allows it to breathe. I had put it aside for a project and had forgotten about it for a few months. The moss has since browned and that's 100% my fault. It also started to grow mold, which again is my fault. Today I can say that it seems like it'll bounce back with some TLC. Point is, the moss is good quality. It comes with the root system intact, with some substrate. Which brings me to my next point. The bag says no pets. This is true, yet I found two isopods inside a few months back (which have since survived and are now added to my isopods culture of various unknown breeds). So it seems wherever this is growing has isopods. I must say, the isopods are beautiful, a nice orangey-marbled pattern. Yet, this may not be good for everyone. That said, ISOPODS ARE NOT PESTS. They are beneficial to a terrarium, and help keep rot under control. I'm not upset, yet I will say I had to mention it.
Chris R.
January 23, 2025
When it arrived it was in great shape, nice green color and moist. However, after only a few days it's now turning brown. I called the number provided and he was very friendly and willing to help out and gave me some pointers on care. Thanks for the help!!The first picture is the day I received it and the second was 3 days later. I'm sure it's something I'm doing wrong. I'm misting it a few times a day. The gentleman did say that this miss does not like sun and I had it next to a grow light for some other plants... My bad. I moved it and will update this review in a week.
Ryan Conner
January 18, 2025
I made a terrarium with half of the bag of moss.. After noticing ants in my SEALED terrarium, I looked in the moss package I resealed, cut some bottom off the moss and so many little ants were in all of the moss.. I think I took out all of the ants and knocked alot of them off of the unused moss but this is good quality moss, other than ants..
digitalbeachbum
January 2, 2025
This stuff is awesome for your bonsai. Really top notch moss.(update)After a year it all died on me. I kept it in a shade area and I used it for bonsai. It did well and then suddenly died off. Only very small sections of it are alive now. There was also a shady area on the side of the house were there was no sun. I stuffed a few pieces down near the rain spout but not directly in the path of the water. It lasted for about a year then died. It is sad because it is a beautiful moss.
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