Spanish moss landscaping is a very easy thing to do here in Houston. This so-called moss is technically neither a moss nor a fungus, but rather an epiphyte. An epiphyte is a rootless plant that absorbs moisture and nutrients directly from the air. Spanish moss will not harm the plant around which it grows, and it is indigenous to the Houston landscape. It provides a ready, natural, and authentic accent to any flower pot, garden, or tree to which you transplant it.
We do a lot of Spanish moss landscaping around vegetation that grows in masonry planters, retaining walls, and flowering beds.There are practical as well as aesthetic reasons for doing this. Anytime we build a planter into a retaining wall terrace, courtyard wall, or planter, we also have to build irrigation and drainage into these areas. Spanish moss can cover up any mechanical devices that would detract from the beauty of the plants. Also, if the topsoil is thin and the planter is narrow, Spanish moss will hide the true depth of the soil. Looking down on your flowers and herbs will give you the sense that they are rising up from the earth to meet you.
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