"...........Why not just have a variegated lawn like I have? Now I've got
some tiny lavender flowers on a tall stem, balloon flowers, the oxalis is
beginning to flower and of course the dandelions! (which the tortoise loves
to eat!) ........."

This sounds to me like a "Wild garden" or a "Meadow lawn"
in the UK when we talk about variegation in the garden we usually are
referring to plants with Leaves which are marked with multiple colours.
See this link.... http://www.glasshouseworks.com/gallery3.html

It's worth looking at just for itself.


David Hill
Abacus nurseries
www.abacus-nurseries.co.uk