Lawn seed and Turf types

The following is a breakdown of the typical seed blends for particular types of  lawns:-

 Economy Lawn Seed
  60% certified Perennial Ryegrass lolium perenne
  30% certified Strong Fescue festuca rubra
  10% certified Fine Leaf Fescue festuca rubra litoralis

 Quality, Hardwearing Lawn Seed 
  45% certified Amenity Ryegrass lolium perenne
  20% certified Smooth Meadowgrass poa pratensis
  15% certified Fine Leaf Fescue festuca rubra litoralis
  15% certified Chewings Fescue festuca rubra commutata 
    5% certified Bentgrass agrostis capillaris

  Ornamental Lawn Seed
  50% certified Fine Leaf Fescue festuca rubra litoralis
  30% certified Chewings Fescue festuca commutata
  20% certified Bentgrass agrostis capillaris
 

 Low Maintenance Lawn Seed
  45% certified Chewings Fescue festuca rubra commutata
  45% certified Hard Fescue festuca longifolia
  10% certified Bentgrass agrostis capillaris

 Shady Lawn Seed
  20% certified Amenity Ryegrass lolium perenne
  35% certified Chewings Fescue festuca rubra commutata
  35% certified Fine Leaf Fescue festuca rubra litoralis
  10% certified Bentgrass agrostis capillaris
 

 Drought Resistant Lawn
  60% certified Kentucky Bluegrass
  40% certified Amenity Perennial Ryegrass

 Ryegrass Lawn Repair
  40% certified Amenity Ryegrass lolium perenne
  40% certified Amenity Ryegrass lolium perenne
  20% certified Fine Leaf Fescue festuca rubra litoralis

 Fine Lawn Repair - Without Ryegrass
  60% certified Fine Leaf Fescue festuca rubra litoralis
  30% certified Chewings Fescue festuca commutata
  10% certified Bentgrass agrostis capillaris

 Grass & Micro Clover Lawn
  50% certified Amenity Perennial Ryegrass lolium perenne
  15% certified Smooth Meadowgrass poa pratensis
  15% certified Fine Leaf Fescue festuca rubra litoralis
  10% certified Chewings Fescue festuca commutata
    5% certified Bentgrass agrostis capillaris
    5% certified Micro Clover trifolium repens

 Here is a selection of turf types and their make-up of grasses:-

  Uses: Family lawns

Features:
Tough
Medium-fine leaved
Slow growing
Easy to maintain
Mown at a height of 18-30mm (0.75-1.2")
    
Details: This is the most widely used lawn turf in the country.    It contains the latest varieties of dwarf ryegrasses to give a really tough lawn - ideal for family use.    Gone are the days of the old types of ryegrass, which were coarse and very fast growing.   Today, the modern ryegrasses are fine-leaved, slow growing, and easy to maintain.    They are also very hard wearing, which makes this ideal for family lawns.   

Uses: Feature lawns, croquet lawns

Features:
Medium hardwearing
Fine leaved
Slow growing
Easy to maintain
Mown at a height of 12-25mm (0.5-1")
         
Details: This turf contains the new super-dwarf ryegrass.  This is a major step forward in lawns because this combines, for the first time, the fine appearance of fescues with the hardwearing nature of ryegrasses.

Uses: Family and feature lawns with problems of drought.

Features:
Drought tolerant
Great year-round colour
Easy to maintain
Hard wearing
Mow at a height of 25-50mm (1-2")
 

 
Details: RTF (rhizomatous tall fescue) is the latest innovation in turf.    It is a new type of tall fescue, which produces rhizomes.   A rhizome is an underground stem that grows outwards from the main plant, producing more shoots as it goes.   In this way RTF has the ability to produce a nice dense mat of grass.

RTF has quite a broad leaf, so it is not suitable if you want a very fine looking lawn.

RTF has a remarkable root system, that can grow down to a depth of 1.5m (nearly 5 feet!).

Uses: Ornamental lawn, putting surface.  

Features:
Very fine appearance
Mown at a height of 6mm (0.25")
            
 
Details: This is a mixture of fescues and browntop bent, is turf for golf and bowling greens.  Although it is grown mainly for professional use, we offer it here for the real lawn enthusiast.  Because this is a specialist turf it needs the right equipment to keep it in first class condition.  For example, you need a cylinder mower with at least nine blades on the reel, and you will need to mow it two to three times a week when the grass is growing strongly. You will have to scarify it every so often to keep the thatch under control.  And because the grasses are more prone to disease, you may have to spray it with fungicide in the autumn.