"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message
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In article ,
"Bob" writes:
|
| Is it really a sign of acid soil? I've been puzzling about my
soil for a
| while now - the surrounding gardens have lovely magnolias
(acid?), and my
| acers and rhododendrons seem to do fine (acid) but my hydrangeas
always come
| out pink (alkaline) - even the ones that were blue when I bought
them. The
| soil testing kit said slightly alkaline, but I have huge areas of
moss
| spreading across the lawn, and the paths always get a thick
spongy coat in
| the winter...

Some mosses are, but the real reason is that alkaline soils in the
UK tend to be well-drained. As far as I know, there are mosses
that will grow vigorously on any soil in the UK (including 'soils'
so poor that they count as hardcore), subject only to sufficient
damp.

My dry stone walls and my macadamised drive are not all that damp.
{:-))

Franz