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I have been around and around looking for a way to remove this moss from my live oaks with no practical solution found...Read More
I recently purchased an old Farmers almanac, garden guide 2018, and on page 17 in the article "Gardening Trends" in the upper left corner...Read More
As many have stated, this plant does not kill trees. Unfortunately, when trees across the southeast die, spanish moss is often more noti...Read More
I have some Spanish moss on a bald cypress tree here in Eastern Maryland. Surprisingly it has survived even the record breaking cold win...Read More
Hello; I live in Savannah, Ga, which is notorious for it's moss. I have an acre on the marsh, with 6, 200+ year old
oak trees. The...Read More
I have several chunks of this that I've hung around the yard, some of them stuck into other plants in hanging baskets, others draped over...Read More
Here in California, the difficulty is trying to grow it fast enough to keep up with birds who steal it to make nests out of it.
A source I have found states that it takes up nutrients leached out (not used) by trees -Foliar Leaching, which is not harmful. It is Epi...Read More
Zone 8b, shore of Lake Sam Rayburn, southeast, TX
Henry, wind blows my moss from tree before it starts spreading. You gave me an i...Read More
It is interesting that some oak trees in Florida are full of Spanish moss, yet others don't have it at all. I wish this thing would be in...Read More
I grew up in NE Florida where the Spanish Moss hangs in great flowing "beards" from nearly every hardwood tree and I consider myself fair...Read More
I totally disagree with the last two comments. Trees are dying, that is true, but it has nothing to do with the Spanish moss. Likely, i...Read More
I agree with Obi_wan for the most part. I've been told before if you leave it on the trees sooner or later it will take over and kill th...Read More
I have witnessed many trees sucked dry of their life due to Spanish Moss. But it's strange, the trees in Northern Florida seem to have a ...Read More
There are several posts here that apparently aren't sure if Spanish moss can kill a tree or not. The fact is, Spanish moss is an epiphyte...Read More
See quite a bit in the neighborhood, usually in plumeria trees. My son brought a small piece home from a friend's and hung it in our plu...Read More
I live in zone 7a extreme southern Illinois and I have always been fascinated by the specimen during my trips through the south...I just ...Read More
I am actually growing it here in Cincinnati. A gift from a friend in GA, it spent the winter in the greenhouse and actually grew about 6"...Read More
I see that people associate the death of trees with the bromeliad. Well, there's no relation between the presence of Spanish Moss and dea...Read More
When I lived on the banks of the South Edisto River in SC there was a lot of Spanish Moss growing on the trees...they don't only live on ...Read More
I am rather surprised that I am able to grow this plant outside in California. It hangs in a tree, which is a relatively humid location,...Read More
Spanish moss, is indeed not a moss. It's actually a relative of the pineapple. Odd, but true. In years past, it was used as stuffing f...Read More
Spainish moss is beneficial for many reasons. There are little Warblers, Northern Parula, a delighful little bird, that nests in the Spa...Read More
Not a moss at all, this plant is native in coastal areas from Virginia south to Argentina and Chile. Thought to have evolved in the Peruv...Read More