Hanging Baskets Mosses are often used in the construction of hanging baskets for flowers (Smith 1996). In California, USA, meter-long "strips" 8-10 cm wide are used to make hundreds of baskets per week! Usually a wire frame is used to give support, with mosses wound among the wires or laid within to provide the structure. Not only do they make an attractive, naturallooking basket, but they reduce the need for frequent watering (Lohr & Pearson-Mims 2001). Species of Hypnumand Sphagnumare commonly used for this purpose. The long, stiff stems of Polytrichum permitted the early Romans to weave it into baskets (Bland 1971), but these most likely did not have a horticultural purpose.
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