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