Hi. I don't imagine this is the place to add all my photos. However, it may be the place to put a random note with a link I don't want to forget.
Over my Christmas break, I was doing a little organizing and de-cluttering. I finally had a good look at some of the paraphernalia I brought back from Japan in July 2006.
Amongst other items was a little flier on "Flower Calenda of Hokkaido". There were some lovely pictures of flowers on that island in Japan (where I had been).
One of the really intriguing pictures was of Takinoue Park showing "Japan's largest colony of pink moss". I was astonished. Pink moss!? Could it really be moss? If so, what kind of moss?
So today, I finally got around to googling "pink moss". After a few false starts, I did discover what (I think) it is. Here's a picture of it - thanks to the "Blooming Hokkaido" website (http://kanko.pref.hokkaido.jp/flower/english/spot/19_higashimakoto/01.html)
In fact, I don't believe it is "moss". I believe it's "Moss Pink" or Phlox subulata. This species "forms a dense mat of moss-like foliage that is covered in spring with masses of flowers in pink, purple, or white". Description thanks to Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (http://www.ext.vt.edu/departments/envirohort/factsheets/groundcovers/mosspnk.html).
In fact, I think I'll try to find more about this plant and see if we could have some here...
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