alittlebitfrench Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 I am creating a nice lawn (jardin anglais) which needs to be grassed.What brand of grass do you recommend ?I have used a few varieties of seed from brico shops in France but never been impressed.I want a proper lawn. I am doing the hard work so it will the right depth and it will be flat.Just need some seed.Many thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YCCMB Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 Might depend on where in France. OK, this is a slightly more dramatic example, but an ex-colleague who was based in West Africa wanted to make a jardin anglais at his house so took some grass seed from the UK to Burkina Faso or wherever, which unsurprisingly didn't grow. Grass varies hugely from country to country and climate to climate. Just get something that is happy to grow in the conditions it's planted. Once it's mown nobody will be able to tell what it is anyway. We've got "lawns" in two countries that comprise many things as well as grass ( I blame the previous owners of both houses!) but after a good trim, they look as grassy as a very grassy thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Théière Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 20% BOCELLI Perennial Ryegrass30% MELBOURNE Perennial Ryegrass25% WAGNER 1 Chewings Fescue20% SMIRNA Slender Creeping Red Fescue5% HIGHLAND Browntop BentPremium, prize lawn. produces a fine, dense lawn with good colour and wear tolerance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YCCMB Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 No wonder my lawn is s.h.i.t.e...! Currently working with:France-25% mint25%moss25% unidentified weeds20%bald patch5% actual grass of indeterminate originUK95% moss2.5 % grass2.5% things the %#^*€ squirrels plant to dig up later.??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alittlebitfrench Posted April 21, 2018 Author Share Posted April 21, 2018 This is all very complicated. LolI just want some quality grass seed. Vilmorin 'Gazon Anglais' ??? Any good ?https://www.amazon.fr/Vilmorin-4462714-Gazon-Anglais-Vert/dp/B078W668VY/ref=sr_1_31?s=lawn-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1524289360&sr=1-31&keywords=gazon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardengirl Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 YCCMB said about her UK lawn:<95% moss 2.5 % grass 2.5% things the %#^*€ squirrels plant to dig up later. >>That sounds awfully like my lawn you’re talking about!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard51 Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 https://www.grassseeds.com/grass-seed-mixtures/landscape-grass-seed-1/prize-lawn-grass-seed-limagrain-designerReally depends on the effort you put in. If you get rid of all weeds by good preparation then, as said, go for what is offered locally - unless you want to play cricket on it!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerekJ Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 [quote user="Gardengirl "]YCCMB said about her UK lawn:<>That sounds awfully like my lawn you’re talking about!?[/quote]Lol... and oh so true! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YCCMB Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 In fact, Mr Betty is waiting for it to stop being like the Somme (soon, if this weather holds) because he went to Aldi for a bag of sugar and came home with a scarifier. As he can't yet go out and frighten it, he decided to pull up a bit of moss, and ended up rolling up about a quarter of the lawn as a great big mossy carpet. It is now a race against time as to whether we can get a lawn made of actual grass before he'll actually freezes over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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