Fairy Moss Azolla caroliniana floating pond aquatic plant

   Fairy Moss Azolla Caroliniana 1 full pound of fairy moss being prepared for shipping  

 

The tiny leaves can be green or reddish to dark reddish brown. Sunlight and water temperature determines the color of the plant.  Fairy Moss is the reddish brown plant in the photo and the green plant is salvinia.  Each plant is about the size of a pencil eraser, so it is very small.

Fairy Moss is another plant that Koi love to eat. The tiny leaves can be green or reddish to dark reddish brown. Sunlight and water temperature determines the color of the plant.

ABOUT the color, fairy moss can vary in color from moss green to reddish brown.  The color will change from time to time depending on the temperature and the amount of sun light.  It is not uncommon to see both brownish red and moss green in a shipment or ONE solid color.

NOTE: most do not grow this in the pond but grow it outside of the pond in large containers to grow to feed it to their fish.  If you have a skimmer this plants will very likely end up in the skimmer unless you have fish that eat it quickly.  My own guys get 3 pounds a few times a week.

This plant is illegal in TX and LA and can not be shipped to those states!

Hardy zone 8 or higher

 

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