making your own moss baskets reply

updated thu 5 feb 98

K. Penny Nielsen on thu 5 feb 98

I really like the look of them too Barbara and will no doubt buy another =
basket this year. I'd like to try putting scavola (sp?) fan flower in one =
this year as I think it would look prettier than in those regular plastic =
hanging pots.

Penny who just received 2 more catalogues last night.

> Barbara White 02/04/98 09:54pm >>>
Hi Penny,

Thanks for your reponse. I bought my moss baskets already made up at a =
gardening show in Toronto. I put lobelia, vinca vines, impatiens, purple =
wave petunias; for the shade I had coleus, impatiens, german ivy. In one =
basket I put only "nasturtiums -"Alaska" (with the
variegated leaves). That was really stunning. In total I planted 8 moss =
baskets. They are a lot of work but are worth it.

K. Penny Nielsen wrote:

> I did my first one last summer. Collected the moss locally, though I =
have it growing in my lawn next to the shade garden. I put fuschia, =
impatiens, lobelia, and another type of plant (memory's bad). Wasn't bad =
for a first try. Not sure what I'll put in it this year.