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Hello everyone, I'm new here, names Ryan, have a question.

I slab mounted this cotoneaster and used moss to hold the soil in place. The problem I'm having is that the tree needs full sun, but my moss was harvested from a shade area of my yard and is drying up and dying back. It looked fantastic when I completed it, all lush and looked like a nice green mound, but now it's brownish and not really contributing well to the overall design.

Is there something else I can use as ground cover to hold the shape? Is there something else I can do to keep the moss happy? I mist it frequently. I have trays of this moss that I allow to get bone dry sitting in the shade and it stays green and perks right back up with watering.

Kind of lost.

Help please. Pics are before and after.

rkultra wrote: I slab mounted this cotoneaster and used moss to hold the soil in place.

Hi, Ryan, welcome.
Is it really necessary to have the moss "holding" the soil in place?
I am asking because I really don't know if there is any alternatives , but…
I've seen several pictures of no-moss bonsai on a slab.

Look for keto clay instead. Keto, or peat muck, is used to create a rootball outline to keep these plantings together.

When the plant is just placed on the slab is better to cover the soil with clay/peat/sand mixture so it is no washed off. As soon the roots are developed through the whole soil washing of is less of a problem. Moss prevents it in the beginning, however moss also prevents water from entering the soil at times. I use the mixture clay/chopped coconut husk/sand for first instalments then place moss. The moss placed changed over time dying back and regrow. Peat is hard to find in my area.

Thank you all for the suggestions. I'll head down to the local swamp today and collect some muck. I have more coconut fiber than I could use in a lifetime that I'll mix it with and see how that goes.