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Materials: leftover moss fragments, akadama soil, a large amount of red clay, plus a mesh net. Plants: Plagiomnium cuspidatum moss and fire fern. This moss ball is mainly composed of red clay. I mixed all the materials listed above together and packed them into a fine mesh net. After tying off the inner net, I made a hole to plant the fire fern, then covered the outside with live Plagiomnium cuspidatum moss. The tutorial video will be uploaded later. Now let me explain why I do it this way....

The main plant is: fire fern (Oxalis hedysaroides). How I did it: I started with a small pot of fire fern. Right in that same pot, I also inserted a piece of variegated ivy, two small friendship plants, and some common small oxalis. I placed the entire pot directly into a wooden box. The shrimp wood was inserted straight into the soil too. It looks like a lot, and some of you might ask: is such a small pot really enough? Yes, it is enough. None of these plants have aggressive or strong root...

Today I’m introducing a flower-arranging–style way of planting—or, looked at the other way around, a way of arranging flowers as if you were planting them. Planter: A wooden planter, made of paulownia wood, with a side length of 15 cm and a plastic liner. Top dressing: Black lava rock. Wood: One long piece of shrimp wood. Plants: Dancing-lady Orchid (Oncidium) and Acorus calamus. One more thing you don’t see in the photos: a small moss ball. How It’s Planted The roots of the dancing-lady...