A mossed alligator, 49 inches long, 9 inches high and 20 inches wide, lying flat with the tail curved and the jaws part open. The frame is hand-crafted wire filled with sphagnum moss, and the eyes and a full mouth of teeth are picked out in dark wire against the green.
This is a ground-level piece rather than an upright one, so it wants length to work with: a path edge, the front of a planting bed, poolside, or a stretch of lawn where all 49 inches can be seen at once.
The moss doubles as a growing medium. Push rooted cuttings of ivy or creeping fig into the body and the alligator fills in as they take hold; leave it unplanted and the moss holds the shape on its own.
Each one is constructed by hand, so the sizes given are approximations and no two are identical. It ships mossed, as shown.
