Sphagnaceae
Sphagnum palustre
Sphagnum palustre
Native Plants · Moss · Sphagnum · Bog · Carnivorous Plant Substrate · Terrarium · Moisture Loving · Acidic Soil · Wetland · Peat Moss · Shade
Marsh sphagnum moss thrives in permanently wet, highly acidic conditions and is essential as a growing medium for carnivorous plants and in bog gardens. Always water with distilled or collected rainwater, as tap water minerals are harmful and will cause decline. It prefers cool, humid, partially shaded environments and requires minimal care beyond maintaining its saturated, nutrient-poor growing conditions.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 3 hours
- Watering
- Keep medium permanently saturated with distilled or rainwater; never use tap water · Every 3-5 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5.5–7
- Temperature
- -25°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 4b-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 6 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
Sources: trefle, usda
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