Lawn in the country has long ceased to be a luxury: of the many types it is possible to choose the right price and quality. If your choice fell on the classic English version, get a quality green lawn will help tips on the rules of arrangement, sowing, seasonal care. Well, those who decided to give preference to not so familiar types of lawn-Moorish and white clover, it is useful to be an impartial review of their qualities.
After all, the bags of seeds are usually indicated only advantages and disadvantages manufacturers prefer not to spread, so as not to scare off a potential buyer. Well, we will consider the flower and clover lawns comprehensively, so that the gardeners make their own opinion about them.
The advantages of the Mauritanian grass
Original beauty. Yes, it looks very picturesque: bright, of course, even slightly unkempt-like a piece of a wild meadow.
Aroma. Saturation depends on the area of the lawn. Picking up plants, exclude those whose smell you frankly do not like, then the fragrance of a flowering lawn can definitely be attributed to the pros.
Budget transformation of the site. If desired, the seeds of most of the herbs can be collected independently.
To get seeds the right colors will help neighbors and friends (and you can collect the seed pods and the city flower beds, at the same time giving them a well-groomed appearance).
The simplicity of construction and minimum maintenance. When preparing the soil for the Moorish lawn, the main thing is to remove the roots of perennial weeds.
And the requirement to perfectly align the surface, in my opinion, can be neglected: small irregularities will be invisible, and gentle slopes and hills will only benefit the cause — the lawn will look as natural as possible.
Feeding-on the situation. If the soil is too poor, and the plants are clearly beginning to wither-feed.
Haircut 1-2 times a season. Wonderful quality! A fascinating walk with a lawn mower only the first 2-3 times gives pleasure, then turns into a routine duty.
Here I would carry one more plus: if the area of a lawn is small, it is quite possible to manage garden scissors, and the money saved on acquisition of a lawn mower with a quiet conscience to spend for expensive plants which earlier well could not afford in any way.
The many faces of beauty. The appearance of the Moorish lawn changes imperceptibly all the time: some species fade, others begin to bloom. Selecting plants, you can vary the number of color shades, their combination, ratio.
In General, with Moorish lawn dull monotony you are not in danger.
Self-sowing. Annual plants renew themselves, you even do not need to sow them, unless you want to add some new.
Hassle-free repair. Small damage is easily masked by flowering seedlings (with a closed root system): transshipment can be done all summer, after it the plants will not lose their decorative effect, and the lawn will immediately look like new.
Cons Moorish lawn
Only for beauty! You can’t walk on a flower lawn.
Be sure to consider freely walking on the site of animals: frolicking dog can in the blink of an eye to break and trample the flowers, cats love to arrange rookeries in the cozy thickets, and for chickens the most delicious bugs, worms will be on the lawn, no doubt.
Lots of insects. Butterflies and dragonflies are not taken into account, but bees, wasps and bumblebees should be taken into account.
Restrictions on the area. In principle, it is conditional, and is dictated by the need to remove weeds. While the plants are small, you can still gently get between them.
Which will be almost impossible when the grass and flowers grow up. Will either admire the lawn with a mixture of weeds, or initially make it small.
Seed pod. Many consider the disadvantage of the need for some time to leave the withered inflorescences (for self-seeding). Personally, I do not see a problem in this: some boxes look very nice.
And unsightly can be cut immediately after ripening seeds, I do not think that against the background of flowering they will be so conspicuous.
The inability to adjust the number of certain colors. And here not all is hopeless — to some extent the number can be adjusted by thinning shoots.
Pluses of a lawn from a white clover
Nice coating. Graceful dark green shamrocks and white fluffy heads of flowers look cute and cozy.
Almost no trampling. Yes, it is true, I can say from my own experience. But as a sport, perhaps the load can not cope.
Grow rapidly. Even if you sow a small clearing, over the summer it will increase significantly in size.
Does not require repair. Creeping shoots are always drawn to the land free from plants, so quickly master the bare area of the lawn.
Enriches the soil with nitrogen. A great option for ennobling the aisles of the garden.
Cons lawn white clover
Honey plant. It is clear that the insects on the flowers will be a lot.
That excludes walking barefoot and carefree lying on the lawn. Except at night.)
Shelter for slugs. In rainy year (or on a site with close ground waters — as at me) the earth under a grass does not manage to dry out. And then the lawn becomes a refuge for hordes of slugs and woodlice.
Special equipment for cutting. Only a lawn mower with a container for collecting grass!
After the trimmer is well combed rake lawn of clover is almost impossible.
Limit is required. Clover is happy to capture the nearby free territory, but it is somehow moderately aggressive. I grow near flower beds, which is constantly encroaching. Over the summer, needs 2-3 weeding “control strip,” and sometimes pluck the most nimble shoots manually — that’s the whole fight with the invader.
I hope now, knowing the main pros and cons of unusual lawns, it will be easier to decide whether they are suitable for your garden.
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