In article ljH6a.226943$SD6.11970@sccrnsc03,
"Anne Middleton/Harold Walker" writes:
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| I am told by an English seed merchant that a number of grasses grown in the
| UK are from seed produced in the USA ........

That is true for a lot of our plants. A lot will grow in the UK,
but not set seed at all reliably.

| the summer climate in some
| parts of the USA are not overly different from the UK.......

Other than a small part of the Pacific North West coastline, which
is not where the grasses will be grown for seed, that is not so.
If you disagree, please name some such places.

| the typical watering requirement in the USA
| is an inch of water per week with an increase in the hotter
| weather........

Many parts of the UK get less than half that. It is the lower
evaporation that makes the difference.

| did not many a home lawn in the
| UK turn brown in the past year or so due to the hottish dry weather and
| continued "bowling green length mowing?......

Yes, but not much in the past year or so, when we have had wet
summers.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren,
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