It's actually neither Spanish nor a moss. Spanish moss is one of those plants everyone knows at least one fun fact about. For me, growing up visiting my aunt and uncle on St. Simons Island ...

The gray strings of Spanish moss — often seen draped over pines, oaks and powerlines in the Lowcountry — are called epiphytes. That means they grow on the surfaces of other plants, typically ...

At 96, Patricia Bate still enjoys the garden she grew with her late husband Noel, but at her age she needs plants that look ...

Here are 10 fascinating facts about Spanish moss. 1. Spanish moss is not actually moss ... The plant has an incredibly misleading name: Spanish moss (Tillandsia usneoides) is not a moss at all.

Q. Mobile, Charleston and New Orleans are noted for their magnificent live oak trees, many of which have Spanish moss hanging from their limbs. I have several questions about this gray plant.

But have you ever stopped to wonder how Spanish Moss got that name? Louisiana folklore insists French explorers saw a long, spindly plant hanging from trees and thought it looked like the beards ...

In fact, some of the most popular plants known as moss are not actually mosses (Irish moss belongs to the carnation family; Spanish moss is a bromeliad). But despite their low profile, mosses ...

The glue will last long enough for the plant to form their own anchoring roots and it will support itself thereon. Another of Jerry’s favourite bromeliads is Spanish Moss (Tillandsia usneoides).