Lawn look-alike

Posted by Bill Richardson Nov 4, 2006

Is it time for a lawn substitute or a lawn look-alike? Maybe, it's just time to down-size your watering area?

Plant a lawn look-alike. You can use the efficient Lomandra or even some of the smaller Dianella grasses for great effect. Plant them 25 cm. apart and soon you will have a brilliant cover of grass that will never need mowing; a hardy plant for a dry situation.

However, if you insist on keeping that water-guzzling lawn, here are a few tips to help reduce watering and maintenance:

Firstly, why not reduce the lawn area and palnt some water-saving plants?

Mow your grass less often and it will not dry out as quickly as you think.

Lawn will always recover after a drought, so let it die off and it will spring back with the first rains.

Avoid using sprinklers and give your lawn more water, less often.

Feed it only in Spring.

Leave the lawn clippings on your lawn after mowing.

Better still, plant some natural Australian grasses that require little maintneance.

Good gardening to you.