How do you make a moss bonsai look truly wild? What do you need to prepare?

Back when urbanization was not yet so fast, and urban development was not yet so rapid, we could still see some stone steps, and even single-story residential houses still existed in large numbers. In the cracks of those stone steps you could see moss growing in the crevices, a dark green layer like new clothes draped over the earth. When I was little I thought moss was fun, and I even dug it up with my hands. It was a thick layer, and although the plants are short and small, they actually cling very strongly, and it was really hard to pry them up without using force.

Can moss also be made into bonsai? Of course, as long as you have ideas, any kind of plant can be made into bonsai, and even towering giant trees and large plants can too. How is it done? Of course, you take some branches and keep them alive by cuttings, then use rope binding and artificial pruning and other methods to control the growth of these plants, and a towering giant tree can instantly become a mini cute little sapling. But what does a moss bonsai generally look like? Since moss itself cannot grow into a plant form, a moss bonsai is generally shaped by moss attached to rocks. The moss is responsible for simulating a lawn or mountain terrain, while the main sense of design still has to be created with auxiliary tools like stones.

1. How do you make a moss bonsai look truly wild? First, what is wildness? What counts as wildness? Wildness, well, it definitely cannot be something like pretty mountains and clear waters, since that is something only artsy types play with. Mountains and rivers are not out of the question, but if you add a little pavilion or something on the mountain, then forget it. Once you have elegant little things like a little pavilion, do not expect your moss bonsai to be full of wildness. What is wildness? It is a feeling of nature, one without too much human intervention, a pure beauty. Therefore, do not place things like pavilions on it anymore.

2. What should you prepare for a moss bonsai? You definitely need to buy some crushed stones to pave paths and such, and crushed stones are also needed to build and refine a rockery. If you are not capable of making a rockery yourself, then buy one online, and then cultivate moss on the rockery. The process of cultivating moss takes a certain amount of time. Before cultivating, you can scatter some ground powder of vegetables and fruits on the rockery, which helps the moss grow.

3. Moss bonsai are generally not very tall. Why is that? That is because moss can only survive by attaching itself to other media, which is equivalent to the main body of this bonsai not being the plant but stones and the like. Therefore, there is no need to make the bonsai so tall. Although it is a bit flat, it is pleasant to look at, and no one has ruled that a bonsai must be especially tall.