Bartramiaceae
Philonotis fontana
Philonotis fontana
Native Plants · Moss · Aquatic · Bog Plant · Semi-Aquatic · Paludarium · Terrarium · Shade Moss · Wetland · Bryophyte · Specialty Plant
Philonotis fontana is a semi-aquatic moss that thrives in cool, permanently wet environments such as stream margins, bogs, and wet rock faces. It requires consistently saturated substrate and does best in indirect or filtered light with good humidity. This moss is ideal for naturalistic water features, paludariums, or bog gardens rather than typical container growing.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 3 hours
- Watering
- Maintain consistently wet to saturated conditions; do not allow to dry out · Every 3-5 days or keep substrate permanently moist
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6–7
- Temperature
- -20°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Cutting
Hardiness
USDA 5a-10b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 4 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
Sources: trefle
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