I have a friend who is a potter and I have been the recipient of several gifts from her. She made 3 bonsai pots for me and had given me a small, rectangular decorative pot that used the same glaze even before that. I have been keeping moss in the little pot.

There is even a name for my pot of moss in the bonsai world. It is “shitakusa.” Shitakusa are little accent plants that are displayed along side bonsai.

Another side item is “suiseki.” These are stones that are particularly interesting. I’m pretty sure that’s where Terry Pratchett got the idea for the bonsai mountains tended to by Lu Tze, the History Monk. The National Arboretum in Washington, DC has a lovely display of suiseki in their bonsai exhibition. I do not have any suiseki.