Foraged Moss + Boxwood in Shade Garden - Side of Garage - April 2024

The small, linear bed that is up against the foundation of our garage received some attention last year with the planting of three 1# Green Velvet boxwoods and a pair of Kousa Dogwoods that I'm going to espalier against the house.  This bed has been home to a bunch of orphans - including some Ostrich Ferns, hostas and the various Coral Bells that I've planted in containers and transplanted into this bed at the end of the growing season.  (Note to self:  lay off Heucheras going forward, they just don't perform that well for me.) Historically, this has been a VERY informal bed, but my goal with the boxwoods were to add a little bit of structure, winter interest and formality to the garden.  This is 'on the way' to our backyard, so is viewed by anyone who 'comes back' via the gravel pathway.

In the photo below, you can see the boxwood evergreen shrub that has managed the winter just fine, but you'll also note a clump of moss that we stuck into the soil.  This is a foraged moss that I'd love see do well here and serve as a groundcover.  

This bed will require some tending-to this year - removing some of the Ostrich Ferns and transplanting some of the hostas that are located here.  Especially now, to ensure they don't crowd-out this patch of moss.  Also....Perhaps this is a location for some of those pizza-oven-adjacent All Gold forest grasses that need transplanting.  

I'll be on the look-out for some other parking-lot moss that I can harvest this Spring to add to this bed.