Moss Terrariums
May. 22nd, 2011 08:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pinepigs_gardenI came across these 2 articles on how to make moss terrariums. I think it's interesting and while I've put moss in my terrariums, I've never made just a moss terrarium. I made a terrarium with some moss and a small fern, but the fern died so now it is a moss terrarium. Does that count?
I like the photo in this article, very minimalist. This one is about turning a wine bottle into a moss terrarium.
I've had some South African Club Moss show up in the garden awhile ago, possibly carried inside one of the potted plants I bought. (I think it's that moss, it looks like that & the South African Club Moss is an invasive here). I have some growing in a pot now for when I want to put some in a terrarium. When I made the thyme terrarium today I used my tweezers (long fish-tank ones I got for using in the terrariums) to gently pull some tiny mosses from the cement back step off and put it in the thyme. I didn't pull much off, just a little.
Terrariums and 'bottle gardens' are great ways to reuse unusual glass containers, make nice little gifts and to bring some greenery into your house or office. There are some good directions here, and this site has a lot of different ideas on using found-stuff & different types of terrariums. Google has a ton of links too so you can also check it out. Ehow has a list of different topics on terrariums too.
Here are some plants ideal for terrariums, broken into light level needs.
Here are some really nice terrariums.
I've got a terrariums tag here with photos of most of the ones I've made (except today's). Almost all of them are going well, except for the masdevalia (it died), had the one with the maiden hair fern die but the moss has been growing slowly, had one with I think oregano die back (I planted the thyme in that glass today). The old spring water jug I planted with a couple dendrobiums & moss is going strong. It's rather jungle-like actually. It's got a fern in it that has taken off. I need to find some way to prune it back slightly, maybe a bit of knife or something.
Anyway, enough about terrariums. :)
(cross-posting this tored_trillium for people there who might be interested)
I like the photo in this article, very minimalist. This one is about turning a wine bottle into a moss terrarium.
I've had some South African Club Moss show up in the garden awhile ago, possibly carried inside one of the potted plants I bought. (I think it's that moss, it looks like that & the South African Club Moss is an invasive here). I have some growing in a pot now for when I want to put some in a terrarium. When I made the thyme terrarium today I used my tweezers (long fish-tank ones I got for using in the terrariums) to gently pull some tiny mosses from the cement back step off and put it in the thyme. I didn't pull much off, just a little.
Terrariums and 'bottle gardens' are great ways to reuse unusual glass containers, make nice little gifts and to bring some greenery into your house or office. There are some good directions here, and this site has a lot of different ideas on using found-stuff & different types of terrariums. Google has a ton of links too so you can also check it out. Ehow has a list of different topics on terrariums too.
Here are some plants ideal for terrariums, broken into light level needs.
Here are some really nice terrariums.
I've got a terrariums tag here with photos of most of the ones I've made (except today's). Almost all of them are going well, except for the masdevalia (it died), had the one with the maiden hair fern die but the moss has been growing slowly, had one with I think oregano die back (I planted the thyme in that glass today). The old spring water jug I planted with a couple dendrobiums & moss is going strong. It's rather jungle-like actually. It's got a fern in it that has taken off. I need to find some way to prune it back slightly, maybe a bit of knife or something.
Anyway, enough about terrariums. :)
(cross-posting this to
red_trillium for people there who might be interested)