Moss lawn
May 1st, 2008 by Julie Kirkwood
Here’s another great New York Times article:
“Moss Makes a Lush, No-Care Lawn”
A quote:
According to an informal survey by the American Society of Landscape Architects, many of its most prominent members predict that the use of native and drought-resistant plants like moss as a sustainable substitute for grass will be a major design trend of 2008. “We’re definitely seeing more creative plantings, and moss is a great one,” said Nancy C. Somerville, the organization’s executive vice president, who attributes the trend in part to environmentalism, and in particular to growing concerns about water in much of the country.
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1Ajay Holly said:
Who knew! I have been trying to rid my lawn of patches of moss. Sprinkling the moss with a power that turns the moss black. Unsightly of course, but turning over the soil and reseeding things turned out well. Now mosses are in vogue as landscape design. Wow! I’d just finsihed a book, “A Short History of Neary Everything” by Bill Bryson. It mentions mosses. I quote from the book:” Perhaps no great group of plants has so few uses, commercial or economic as mosses.” If you are really interested in pursuing the topic, seek out “How to Know the Mosses and Liverworts.”
