Spanish Moss
Spanish moss, sometimes called Grandfather's Graybeard or Florida Moss, is soft, graceful, eerie and beautiful all at the same time. A romantic symbol of the South, it is greenish silver after a rain, and grayish-silver at other times. Spanish moss can grow strands up to 20 feet long especially on Live Oak and Cypress tree branches.
As an epiphyte, an air plant that lives upon other plants, it absorbs nutrients and water from the air and rainfall. It is not a biological parasite in the same sense as some other epiphytes that sap nutrients from the tree.
Spanish moss has been used for various purposes, including building insulation, mulch, packing material, mattress stuffing, and fiber. In the early 1900s it was used commercially in the padding of car seats. [9] In 1939 over 10,000 tons of processed Spanish moss was produced. [10] It is still collected today in smaller quantities for use in arts and crafts, or for beddings for flower gardens.
Spanish moss is also known to have been worn by the women of the Timucua Indian tribe. It is also used by some as the filling for traditional voodoo dolls.
Spanish Moss 4oz Natural
Spanish Moss 4oz Natural at discount prices! Spanish moss can be used as a soil cover for terrariums and potted plants, as a foundation cover for wreaths, or even for decorative enhancement on floral arrangements. This package contains 125 cubic in/4oz of moss.
Retail: $5.99Our Price: $4.69 (You save 15%)
Questions and Answers:
How is it Shipped?
It is shipped alive and fairly tight in the box...read more
Will it Grow After Shipping?
Yes. The moss that we ship is picked fresh and will continue to grow...read more
Live vs Dried?
Dried Spanish Moss is a bit messy and generally used in the interiorscape trade as a top dressing for house plants....read more
The FSM Theory
It is a common belief that spanish moss kills trees but many studies however, indicate that the plant is not parasitic but can sometimes damage the host tree by over-shading the leaves, thus reducing photosynthesis, or by weighing down and breaking the branches...read more
