Moss for Indoor Plants – Guide to Pros & Cons

Moss is a highly versatile plant with many indoor plant garden applications. There are many varieties of moss, each with its unique properties and specific uses for houseplants. In this article, we will be exploring:

• the most popular types of moss for indoor plants,
• benefits and precautions that should be aware of,
• how to use moss in your potted plants, and
• answering those common questions about moss for indoor plants.

So grab a coffee and get comfortable because we’re going to get up close and personal to one of our favorite combinations – moss and indoor plants.

Types of Moss for Indoor Plants?

There are over twelve thousand different varieties of moss around the world — each with other appearances, textures, adaptations, and growth habits.

They usually form thick carpets in moist environments like bogs, tropical forests, and water sources. And we can use this attraction to water to benefit our indoor plants – we’ll elaborate on this point later.

However, we are interested more in the moss varieties that have applications for our houseplants. So here is a quick rundown of our favorite mosses to use.

Peat Moss

Even though you may not have realized it then, you have probably seen peat moss at your nursery or in some o