superlative

Japanese gardens are very mossy. Moss is the most commonly used gound-cover plant. Virtually any Japanse garden uses it to cover its ground. It is just of the same style that western garden uses lawn as a coverage. So, for me, moss is a very Japanese plant, while its distribution is global.

The smaller photo magnifies the moss. It looks like a cedar, doesn't it? Indeed, its Japanse name is ''Sugi-goke''. Sugi is a Japanse cedar, and goke (or koke) means moss.

Next post will be again about moss.