Amenity Grasses
Sowing the correct blend of grasses for the purpose required is essential for the production of good turf.
We have made a careful study of this subject, which is an essential part of our business. The following are our most popular mixtures, which will cover most garden needs.
We suggest a sowing rate of 50g per sq. metre (1.5oz. per sq. yard) which means 1kg. should cover 20sq. metres (22 sq. yards), for most mixtures. However No.6 Renovation can be sown at 30g per sq. metre (1oz. per sq. yard).
Discount available on larger quantities
LAW01 No. 1 Superfine Lawn
Contains: Chewings Fescue, Slender Creeping Red Fescue and Highland Bentgrass. This mixture is suitable for the very finest quality lawn which has to survive under very close mowing.
LAW02 No. 2 Fine Lawn
Contains: Chewings and Creeping Red Fescue and Highland Bentgrass. This mixture is ideal for an ornamental lawn with relatively low maintenance.
LAW03 No. 3 Medium Lawn
Contains: Top quality 'sports' perennial ryegrasses in addition to the constituents of No. 2. This mixture is ideal for harder wearing lawns.
LAW05 No. 5 Shady Lawn
Contains: Chewings and Creeping Red Fescue, Smooth stalked and Wood Meadowgrass. The inclusion of the two meadowgrasses should allow this mixture to produce an ornamental lawn under shady conditions.
LAW06 No. 6 Renovation
Contains: Perennial Ryegrass and Creeping Red Fescue. This economy mix is for patching general lawns which already contain ryegrass or any other area requiring a low cost mixture.
LAW07 No. 7 Drought Tolerant Lawn
Contains: Amenity Perennial Ryegrass, Four Fescues, Smooth Stalked Meadowgrass, White Clover and Trefoil. This combination helps to retain moisture in the soil in dry areas enabling your lawn to remain greener, longer. Ideal for banks.
LAW09 No. 9 Wild Base Mix (Ideal companion for Wild Flowers.)
Contains a wide range of grass species which make an ideal partner to Wild Flowers (see below) in the creation of Flower Meadows etc.
WF39 Legacy Wildflower Meadow Mix
Includes Common Agrimony, Corncockle, Hedge Bedstraw, Meadow Buttercup, Red Campion, Betony, Musk Mallow, Ribwort Plantain, Birdsfoot Trefoil, Cowslip, Hoary Plantain, Ox-Eye Daisy, White Campion, Field Poppy, Lady's Bedstraw, Ragged Robin, Selfheal, Yarrow, Common Vetch, Foxglove, Wild Carrot, Salad Burnet, Burnet Saxi Frage, Corn Chamomile, Cornflower, Bladder Campion, Greater Knapweed, Common Knapweed, Kidney Vetch, Sheep's Sorrel, Field Scabious, Yellow Rattle and Wild Red Clover.
MISC64 How to make a wildflower habitat garden booklet
A pocket sized 16 page colour guide to creating wildflower areas, full of useful information and written and published by Landlife.
How to create a wildflower meadow
It is very important to get the ground preparation right - fertile grassy areas will swamp wildflowers completely. You need to :-
- Ideally, scrape off the rich topsoil, as it is full of weed seeds, which will result in a lush growth that will swamp the wildflowers. If sown in topsoil, spray the area or use an organic method to get rid of coarse grass and weed seed
- Create a fine seed bed in the subsoil and lightly sow the seed. If the area is large divide it into sections and sow evenly (mixing with barley meal, silver sand and sawdust helps to spread the seed evenly and helps you to see where you've been)
- Rake in thoroughly and firm down to ensure your seeds have a good contact with the soil
- If you do sow in topsoil, you will have to keep on top of the weeds and thin out the grass periodically
- Mow the area at least three times in the first year to a height of about 5cm; this will also reduce grass competition. It is very important to remove the cuttings as they will increase fertility. Treat the area as you would a lazy lawn, i.e. cut it when it looks untidy, approximately 3 times a year.
In year two, when the meadow will start to flower, cut once (make sure your flowers have all set seed), this will usually be by mid September, and remove the cuttings to a compost heap. - DON'T scatter your seed onto existing lawn/grass - it won't work
- DON'T apply fertiliser to your meadow
- Do keep the area watered in dry spells
Useful information to help you calculate the amount of mix required
Sowing rate of Pure Wildflower Seed
Mixture or Single species
Usually sown 1g per sq. metre
1sq.m = 1g
10sq.m = 10g
100sq.m = 100g
200sq.m = 200g
1000sq.m = 1Kg
5000sq.m = 5Kg
Sowing rate of Wildflower Grass Mixture
Usually sown 5g per sq. metre
1sq.m = 5g
10sq.m = 50g
200sq.m = 1Kg
1000sq.m = 5Kg
4000sq.m (1 acre) = 20Kg
10000sq.m (1 hectare) = 50Kg
Information and pictures kindly supplied by Landlife
For more Wild Flowers click here
LAW14 No. 14 Low Fertility Lawn
Contains: Fescues, Meadow Grass, Bentgrass and Crested Dogstail. This lawn is best suited to low fertility areas which can be difficult to keep green.
For more specific analysis of lawn seed click here
We can also offer tailor made grass mixes for your requirements, specialising in finding the very best varieties to create a blend designed to suit your needs, ground conditions and pocket.
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