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"Paul Taylor" wrote in message news I am just about to buy some seed for the end of my garden. It will be a wild flower garden so the grass will not get cut all summer (I guess it will need tidying up in the autumn). My question is does it make a big difference to what type of grass seed I use. The area does have one or two trees in the vicinity but the grass should get some sun as the sun moves across the sky during the day. I have been to my local DIY store and they have (1) quick growing (2) Luxury (3) Family and (4) Shade. Some of them include Ryegrass and some don't (not exactly sure what Ryegrass is?). Ryegrass is a hard-wearing but thuggish grass IMO - I would tend to think not so great for a wildflower meadow. Grass is a bit of a cheeky thing and tends to turn up all by itself - at least it did in our wildflower meadow. We only planted the wildflowers and let nature do the rest and it seems to have worked ok. Sometimes we need to go in and referee some of the more vigorous participants but on the whole a nice place to be. Quite a few seed companies do mixes for wildflower meadows which might give you a better balance but, right just now, examples evade me. I'll post agian if I find the info - unless someone beats me to it. --A |
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I am just about to buy some seed for the end of my garden. It will be a
wild flower garden so the grass will not get cut all summer (I guess it will need tidying up in the autumn). My question is does it make a big difference to what type of grass seed I use. The area does have one or two trees in the vicinity but the grass should get some sun as the sun moves across the sky during the day. I have been to my local DIY store and they have (1) quick growing (2) Luxury (3) Family and (4) Shade. Some of them include Ryegrass and some don't (not exactly sure what Ryegrass is?). TIA PT |
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"Alison" o.uk wrote in message ... "Paul Taylor" wrote in message news I am just about to buy some seed for the end of my garden. It will be a wild flower garden so the grass will not get cut all summer (I guess it will need tidying up in the autumn). My question is does it make a big difference to what type of grass seed I use. The area does have one or two trees in the vicinity but the grass should get some sun as the sun moves across the sky during the day. I have been to my local DIY store and they have (1) quick growing (2) Luxury (3) Family and (4) Shade. Some of them include Ryegrass and some don't (not exactly sure what Ryegrass is?). Ryegrass is a hard-wearing but thuggish grass IMO - I would tend to think not so great for a wildflower meadow. Grass is a bit of a cheeky thing and tends to turn up all by itself - at least it did in our wildflower meadow. We only planted the wildflowers and let nature do the rest and it seems to have worked ok. Sometimes we need to go in and referee some of the more vigorous participants but on the whole a nice place to be. Quite a few seed companies do mixes for wildflower meadows which might give you a better balance but, right just now, examples evade me. I'll post agian if I find the info - unless someone beats me to it. I agree I've seen 'wildflower meadow' mixtures even in large DIY stores. One of those might be a better bet. -- Tumbleweed Remove my socks before replying (but no email reply necessary to newsgroups) |
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Paul Taylor wrote: I am just about to buy some seed for the end of my garden. It will be a wild flower garden so the grass will not get cut all summer (I guess it will need tidying up in the autumn). My question is does it make a big difference to what type of grass seed I use. The area does have one or two trees in the vicinity but the grass should get some sun as the sun moves across the sky during the day. I have been to my local DIY store and they have (1) quick growing (2) Luxury (3) Family and (4) Shade. Some of them include Ryegrass and some don't (not exactly sure what Ryegrass is?). TIA PT If you've not got grass there already you're lucky: establishing a wild flower meadow usually involves stripping off existing turf to get rid of the aggressive grasses that will just swamp wildflowers. The grasses that meadow mixes contain are things like red fescue, common bent, quaking grass. You can buy these separetly or already mixed with wildflower seeds, and several companies offer different mixtures for different conditions. Here is one I happen to have bookmarked: http://www.hartlana.co.uk/natural/wfmm.htm I think you'd better get a move on, sowing time will be here quite soon Anita |
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