In their own unassuming manner, mosses are conspicuous, important, and beloved components of the natural landscape, especially where shady and not-too-dry conditions prevail. Mosses and their kin generally do not possess the imposing or flamboyant presence which many cultivated plants boast. Yet in their own humble way they can contribute a wonderful sense of gentle, peaceful lushness to our gardens. Until recently, however, mosses have been largely ignored as potential garden material in most of the world, including North America.

Most of the mosses we offer are new to our catalog. For those of you who requested a copy of our moss list and have had a long wait to receive it, please accept our sincere apologies. For a number of years we have sold one moss species, Polytrichum commune. Until now, however, we didn't actually have a list of mosses for sale, and it has taken much longer to compile the list (albeit brief) than we anticipated. Mosses are not necessarily easy to cultivate in a nursery environment, and they are often quite difficult to identify. We did not want to begin offering moss species until we were reasonably certain that we could supply enough to meet the demand, nor did we want to supply species unless we were reasonably certain of their identity. With everything involved in meeting these requirements getting underway with moss production has proved to be a protracted undertaking. During the year, we may be able to add more moss species to our availability list. If so, we will add them to our web site as they become available. We will also list them in next year's print catalog.

The mosses and moss relatives we offer can be located using our properties search page.

A useful reference for anyone interested in growing mosses is Moss Gardening, by George Schenk, published by Timber Press, Inc., Portland OR. The information on mosses presented in the plant listings is drawn from a number of sources, including our own experience and Mr. Schenk's book.

We will normally supply mosses as clumps, approximately equal to 4" pot-sized plants.